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FROM   THE   LIBRARY  OF 
REV.   LOUIS    FITZGERALD    BENSON,   D.  D. 

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SIR   JOHN    DAVIES. 


TRINTED   BY   ROBERT   ROBERTS, 
BOSTON. 


,  MAY  1.9  1933  ' 


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THE 

COMPLETE   POEMS 

-  // 

SIR   JOHN    DAVIES. 

EDITED, 

WITH 

iEemoriaIs3[tttroTiucticitt  anU  ilQotes, 

BY   THE  / 

REV.  ALEXANDER  B.  GROSART. 


IN  TWO  VOLUMES.— VOL.  II. 


ILontion: 
CHATTO  AND  WINDUS,  PICCADILLY. 

1876. 


Contents. 


Those  marked  with  [*]  are  either  printed  for  the  first  time,  or 
the  first  time  published  among  Davies'  Poems. 

Epigram mes  : 
Note    . 

Ad  Musam    . 

Of  a  Gull      . 

[n  Ruffum 
n  Quintum   . 

In  Plurimos    . 

[n  Titam 

[n  Faustum    . 

[n  Katum 

[n  Librum 

[n  Medontem 

[n  Gellam 

[n  Ouintum    . 

in  Severum    . 

[n  Leucam 

[n  Macrum    . 

in  Fastum 

in  Cosmum    . 

[n  Flaccum    . 

[n  Cineam 

[n  Gerontem  . 

[n  Marcum     . 

[n  Ciprum 

[n  Cineam 

[n  Galium 

[n  Decium 


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VOL.    II. 


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vi.  CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

Epigrammes  (continued) 

In  Gellam       ........  26 

In  Syllam 27 

In  Sillam        ........  27 

In  Haywodum        .......  29 

In  Dacum       ........  30 

In  Priscum      ........  31 

In  Brunum     ........  31 

In  Francum    .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  31 

In  Castorem  ........  32 

In  Septimium          .......  32 

Of  Tobacco    .......  32 

In  Crassum    ........  35 

In  Philonem 36 

In  Fuscum      ........  37 

In  Afram 38 

In  Paulum -39 

In  Licum         ........  40 

In  Publium 40 

In  Sillam        . 41 

In  Dacum 42 

In  Marcum 43 

Meditations  of  a  Gull 43 

Ad  Musam 44 

*  Appendix  to  Epigrams 47 

*In  Superbiam       ....                  .         .  47 

*Epi.  5 48 

*Epi.  6 48 

*In  Amorosum       .......  48 

*Epi.  9 •  -49 

*Epi.  10 49 

*  Epitaph  and  Epigram 50 

*Gullinge  Sonnets 

Note 53 

*Dedicatory  Sonnet — To  His  Good  Freinde  Sr 

Anth.  Cooke 55 


CONTENTS. 


vn. 


PAGE 


S/ 


*Gullinge  Sonnets 

Minor  Poems : 

*i.    Yet   Other    Twelve    Wonders    of    the 
World — 

*The  Courtier.         ......  65 

*The  Divine   .......  66 

*The  Souldier.         ......  67 

*The  Lawyer  .......  67 

*The  Physitian 68 

*The  Merchant 68 

*The  Country  Gentleman        .         .         .         .69 

*The  Bacheler 69 

*The  Married  Man 69 

*TheWife 70 

*The  Widdow 70 

*The  Maid 71 

*n.  A  Contention  betwixt  a  Wife,  a  Widdow, 

AND   A    MAIDE 72 

•in.  A  Lottery.     Presented  before  the  late 
queenes  maiesty  at  the  lord  chancel- 

ors  House,  1601 87 

*The  Lots 89 

*iv.  Canzonet.  A  Hymne  in  Praise  ofMusicke    96 

•v.  Ten  Sonets  to  Philomel  : 

*Vpon  Loues  entring  by  the  Ears  .         .         -99 
*Of  his  owne,  and  his  Mistresse  sicknesse  at 

one  time  .......   100 

*  Another  of  her  sicknesse  and  recovery  .   101 

*  Allusion  to  Theseus  voyage  to  Crete,  against 

the  Minotaure 102 

*Vpon  her  looking  secretly  out  at  a  window 

as  he  passed  by  .  .  .  .  .102 
*To  theSunneof  his  Mistresse  beauty  eclipsed 

with  frownes     .         .         .         .         .         .104 

*  Vpon  sending  her  a  gold  ring  with  this  Posie  104 
*The  hearts  captivitie     .....  105 


viii.  CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

Yet  Othrr  Twelve  Wonders  of  the  World 

(continued) 
*vi.  To  George  Chapman  on  his  Ovid  .         .  107 

*vn.  Reason's  Moane 108 

*viii.  On  the    Death   of   Lord   Chancellor 

Ellesmere's  Second  Wife  in  1599  .         .112 
*ix.  tltyrus  to  his  faire  phillis  .         .         .  114 

*Upon  a  Coffin  by  S.  J.  D 115 

*x.  Epitaph  and  Epigram 116 

*Hitherto  Unpublished  Poems  : 

Note 119 

*Metaphrase  of  some  of  the  Psalms     .        .127 
Miscellaneous  Poems.    Hitherto   Unpublished. 

*Of  Faith  the  first  Theologicall  Vertue .         .         .211 
*A  Songe  of  Contention  betweene  Fowre  Maids 
concerninge  that  which  addeth  most  perfection 
to  that  sexe     .         .         .         .         .         .         .212 

*A  Maid's  Hymne  in  Praise  of  Virginity  .  .213 
*Part  of  an  Elegie  in  Praise  of  Marriage  .  .215 
*A  Fragment  of  a  Love  Elegie      .         .         .         .217 

*To  the  Q  :  [Queene] 222 

*To  Faire  Ladyes  .......  223 

*Upon  a  Paire  of  Garters       .....  224 

*To  his  Lady-love         ......  225 

*Tobacco.       ........  226 

*  Elegies  of  Loue    .......  227 

*The  Kinges  Welcome  ......  229 

*To  the  Kinge  upon  his  Ma'ties  first  comming 

into  England  .......  233 

*To  the  Queene  at  the  same  time.         .         .         .  236 

*Mira  loquor  sol  occubuit  nox  nulla  secuta  est       .  237 

*  Charles  his  Waine        ......  237 

*Of  the  name  of  Charolus,  being  the  diminutive  of 

Charus 238 

*  Verses  sent  to  the  Kinge  with  Figges :  by  Sr  John 

Davis 234 


CONTENTS.  ix. 


PAGE 

Miscellaneous  Poems.      Hitherto  Unpublished 
(continued) 

*Love  Lines  ........  239 

*Love  Flight 240 

*An  Elegiecall  Epistle  on  Sir  John  Davis  death    .  241 
*  Entertainment   of  Oueen  Elizabeth  at  Hare- 

field  by  the  countesse  of  derby  .         .  243 

Note  244 

*The  Complaint  of  the  V  Satyres  against 

the  Nymphs 256 

Errata 259 


IV.    EPIGRAMS,  WITH  ADDITIONS. 


VOL.   II. 


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NOTE. 

I  am  indebted  to  the  Bodleian  copy — among  Malone's  books 
— for  my  text  of  these  '  Epigrams.'  I  have  preferred  this 
edition  to  the  two  others  that  preceded,  inasmuch  as,  while 
it,  like  them,  bears  the  imprint  of  *  Middlebourgh,'  there 
seems  no  reason  to  doubt  that  it  was  printed  in  London  : 
therefore  most  probably  under  the  author's  eye.  The  vol- 
ume is  a  small  i2mo.  and  the  following  is  the  title-page: — 

All 
OVIDS   ELEGIES 

3  Bookes 

By  C.  M. 

EPIGRAMS  BY  J.  D. 

At  Middlebourgh. 
Malone  has  filled  in  in  MS.  '  Christopher  Marlowe   and 
John   Davis.'       Cf.   Collier's    Bibliographical   Account   of 
Early  English  Literature  :  Vol  I.  s.n. 

The  Rev.  Alexander  Dyce  in  his  collective  edition  of  the 
Works  of  Marlowe,  has  given  Davies'  "  Epigrams"  in  ex- 
tenso,  with  a  painstaking  collation  of  the  various  readings 
from  the  other  two  editions  (both  undated)  together  with 
similar  various  readings  from  a  Manuscript  discovered  by 
him  in  the  Harleian  Collection  (  1836.)  Mr.  Dyce  with 
reference  to  his  reprint  of  the'  Epigrams,'  and  the  foregoing 
MS.  says,  "  I  have  given  them  with  the  text  considerably 
improved  by  means  of  one  of  the  Harleian  MSS"  ('Some 
VOL.  II.  B  2 


NOTE. 


Account  of  Marlowe  and  his  Writings  :  p.  xl  :  edition  1862.) 
I  must  demur  to  this  alleged  f  improvement.'  The  MS. 
has  no  authority  whatever,  the  Scribe  being  an  extremely 
ignorant  and  blundering  one.  These  nine  examples  out  of 
many,  taken  at  random,  will  suffice  to  prove  this  : 
[1]   Epigram  1,  line  first. 

*  Fly,  merry  Muse  unto  that  merry  towne  &c. 
he  actually  reads,  spite  of  its  heading  '  Ad  Musam  ' 

'  Fly,  merry  Newes.  .  .  . 

[2]   Epigram  2,  line  14 

*  And  stands,  in  Presence,  stroaking  up  his  haire  ' 
he  gives,  to  neglect  of  the  rhyme  with  '  yeare  ' 

' stroaking  up  his  heade  ' 

[3]   Epigram  3,  line  5,  for  '  fry  '  he  stupidly  reads  '  cry.' 
[4]  Epigram  13,  line  9,  for  *  sectaries  '  he  gives  nonsen- 
sically f  scituaries.' 

[5]   Epigram   15,  line  3. 

1  Thou  with  harsh  noise  the  ayre  doth  rudely  breake,' 
he  transmogrifies  into 

' horse  nor  sea  the  ayre  doth.' 

[6]  Epigram  26,  line  1 1,  he  substitutes  '  sweete '  for  *  hot ' 
oblivious  of  the  rhyme  with  '  petticoat.' 

[7]   Epigram  36,  line  19,  for  e rarifie'  he  reads  ' ratiffie'  [!] 
[8]   Epigram  41,  line  2, 

'Paulus,  in  spite  of  enuy,  fortunate  ' 
he  gives  thus 

Paulus,  in  fight  of  envy  ' 


NOTE. 


[9]  Epigram  43,  line  3,  for  '  Paris-garden '  he  has  '  Parish- 
garden  ;'  and  so  on  ludicrously,  with  numerous  proper 
names. 

Any  one  capable  of  perpetrating  such  stupidities  as  these, 
ought  not  in  my  opinion,  to  be  allowed  to  displace  a  text 
printed  for  the  Author,  more  especially  his  cannot  for  a  mo- 
ment be  allowed  to  over-bear  the  third  edition,  our  text. 

From  a  confused  inscription  on  the  first  page  of  the  MS.  its 
probable  writer  is  ascertained.     It  is  as  follows  "  Ex  spoliis 

Richardi    Wharfe,   ex It   is    much  trouble  and 

much  ....  Ex  spoliis  R.  W."  Underneath  is  the 
book-plate  of  John,  Duke  of  Newcastle.  The  gene- 
ral title  runs  "  Epigramma  in  Musam,  like  Buckmin- 
ster's  Allmanacks  servinge  generallie  for  all  England  : 
but  especiallie  for  the  meridian  of  this  famous  Cittie  of 
London."  I  regret  that  besides  these  (  mis-called  )  '  im- 
provements,' so  admirable  an  Editor  should  have  modern- 
ized throughout,  the  orthography  equally  of  Marlowe 
and  of  Davies  :  and  all  the  more,  that  in  his  (  Notes  '  he 
adheres  to  the  original  orthography  whenever  he  quotes 
from  his  wealth  of  illustrative  extracts.  The  annotation 
condemns  the  text.  Without  any  hesitation  therefore,  I 
have  set  aside  Mr.  Dyce's  reprints,  and  returned  (as  supra) 
to  Davies'  own  text  and  orthography,  saving  a  slight  re- 
duction of  capitals  and  italics.  None  the  less  do  I  owe 
thanks  to  Mr.  Dyce  for  his  kind  permission  kindly  given, 
to  use  any  *  Notes  '  that  might   be   deemed   interesting. 


NOTE. 


Those  that  I  have  taken  are  marked  with  his  initial,  D.  I 
have  to  add  another  important  correction  of  Mr.  Dyce. 
After  describing  the  Harleian  MS.  he  observes  "  Though 
it  is  of  a  date  considerably  posterior  to  the  first  appearance 
in   print  of  Epigrams  by  I.  D.,  perhaps  all  the   pieces 

WHICH  IT  EXHIBITS  ARE  FROM  THE  PEN   OF   DAVIES.   (page 

353.)  Homer  nods  here  :  for  on  reading  these  additional 
*  Epigrams '  thus  assigned  to  Davies,  I  at  once  discovered 
that  they  consisted  merely  of  a  like  blundering  transcript 
of  the  "  Satyricall  Epigrams  "  of  Henry  Hutton,  Dunel- 
mensis,  that  were  appended  to  his  "  Follie's  Anatomie  or 
Satyres  "  (1619.)  The  oversight  is  the  more  noticeable  in 
that  all  these  were  reprinted  in  1842,  (edited  by  Rimbault), 
for  the  Percy  Society,  whereof  Mr.  Dyce  was  one  of  the 
most  effective  members  of  Council. 

I  confess  that  it  was  far  from  a  disappointment  to  find  that 
the  '  Epigrams '  of  Davies  were  not  to  be  increased  to  the 
extent  they  would  have  been  had  I  accepted  Mr.  Dyce's 
opinion,  and  failed  to  discover  the  Hutton-authorship  of 
nearly  all  those  in  the  Manuscript,  additional  to  his 
acknowledged  ones.  Nevertheless  in  the  Appendix  to  our 
reprint  of  the  *  Epigrams  '  I  give  certain  additions  from 
this  Manuscript,  that  are  found  neither  in  Davies's  nor 
Hutton's  publications,  but  which  seem  to  me  to  have  the 
ring  of  Davies  in  them.  The  remainder — prefixed  and 
affixed — may  well  be  left  in  Manuscript.  See  the  Memo- 
rial-Introduction for  more  on  these  Epigrams.     G. 


Epigrammes. 


Ad  Musam.     i. 
Fly,  merry  Muse  unto  that  merry  towne, 
Where  thou  maist  playes,  revels,  and  triumphs  see  ; 
The  house  of  Fame,  and  theater  of  renowne, 
Where  all  good  wits  and  spirits  loue  to  be. 
Fall  in  betweene  their  hands  that  loue  and  praise  thee,1 
And  be  to  them  a  laughter  and  a  jest : 
But  as  for  them  which  scorning  shall  reproue  thee, 
Disdaine  their  wits,  and  thinke  thine  one  2  the  best : 
But  if  thou  finde  any  so  grose  3  and  dull, 
That  thinke  I  do  to  priuate  taxing  4  leane, 
Bid  him  go  hang,  for  he  is  but  a  gull, 
And  knows  not  what  an  Epigramme  does  meane  ; 

1  MS.  "  seeme  to  loue  thee."     D.       2  Own.    G.        3  Gross.     G. 

4  Blaming-,   censure.      G.    [i.e.  censuring  of    individuals.     MS. 

"  priuate  talkinge."     Compare  the  Induction  to  The  Knight  of  the 

Burning  Pestle  : 

"  Fly  from  hence 

All  private  taxes  !  "  &c. 

Beaumont  and  Fletcher's  Works,  ii.,  136,  ed.  Dyce.     D.] 


8  EPIGRAMMES. 


Which  taxeth,5  under  a  peculiar  name,6 

A  generall  vice,  which  merits  publick  blame. 

Of  a  Gull.     2. 
Oft  in  my  laughing  rimes,  I  name  a  Gull : 
But  this  new  terme  will  many  questions  breed  ; 
Therefore  at  first  I  will  expresse  7  at  full, 
Who  is  a  true  and  perfect  Gull  indeed  : 
A  Gull  is  he  who  feares  a  veluet  gowne, 
And,  when  a  wench  is  braue,8  dares  not  speak  to  her ; 
A  Gull  is  he  which  trauerseth  the  towne, 
And  is  for  marriage  known  a  common  woer  ; 
A  Gull  is  he  which  while  he  proudly  weares, 
A  siluer-hilted  rapier  by  his  side ; 
Indures  the  lyes  and  knocks  about  the  eares, 
Whilst  in  his  sheath  his  sleeping  sword  doth  bide  : 
A  Gull  is  he  which  weares  good  handsome  cloaths, 
And  stands,  in  Presence,  stroaking  up  his  haire, 
And  fills  up  his  unperfect  speech  with  oaths, 
But  speaks  not  one  wise  word  throughout  the  yeare  : 


5  MS.  "  carrieth."     G.         6  Other  editions  "particular  "  :  and  so 
MS.     G. 

7  MS.  "  Wherefore  ....  disclose."  D.    8  '  Fine,  richly  dressed.'  D. 


EPIGRAMMES. 


But  to  define  a  Gull  in  termes  precise, — 
A  Gull  is  he  which  seemes,  and  is  not  wise.9 


9  In  our  Introductory -Note  it  is  stated  that  the  original  edition  of 
the  ■  Epigrams '  is  undated.  From  contemporary  allusions  the 
date  is  determined  to  have  been  prior  to  1598.  Among  these  al- 
lusions is  an  '  Epigram '  by  E.  Guilpin  in  his  '  Skialetheia '  [1598] 
on  the  same  subject  with  this  by  Davies.     It  follows  here : 

TO  CANDIDUS   [Epigram.]   20. 

11  Friend  Candidus,  thou  often  doost  demaund 
"What  humours  men  by  gulling  understand  : 
Our  English  Martiall  hath  full  pleasantly, 
In  his  close  nips  describde  a  gull  to  thee : 
I'le  follow  him,  and  set  downe  my  conceit 
What  a  gull  is  :  oh  word  of  much  receit ! 
He  is  a  gull,  whose  indiscretion 
Cracks  his  purse  strings  to  be  in  fashion  ; 
He  is  a  gull,  who  is  long  in  taking  roote 
In  baraine  soyle,  where  can  be  but  small  fruite : 
He  is  a  gull,  who  runnes  himselfe  in  debt, 
For  twelue  dayes  wonder,  hoping  so  to  get ; 
He  is  a  gull,  whose  conscience  is  a  block, 
Not  to  take  interest,  but  wastes  his  stock  : 
He  is  a  gull,  who  cannot  haue  a  whore, 
But  brags  how  much  he  spends  upon  her  score : 
He  is  a  gull,  that  for  commoditie 
Payes  tenne  times  ten,  and  sells  the  same  for  three  : 
He  is  a  gull,  who  passing  finicall, 
Peiseth  each  word  to  be  rhetoricall  : 
And  to  conclude,  who  selfe  conceitedly, 
Thinkes  al  men  guls  :  ther's  none  more  gull  then  he."     G. 


io  EPIGRAMMES. 


In  Ruffum.     3. 
Rufus  the  Courtier  at  the  theater, 
Leaving  the  best  and  most  conspicuous  place, 
Doth  either  to  the  stage1  himselfe  transferre, 
Or  through  a  grate2  doth  shew  his  double3  face  : 
For  that  the  clamorous  fry  of  Innes  of  Court, 
Fills  up  the  priuate  roomes  of  greater  price  : 
And  such  a  place  where  all  may  haue  resort, 
He  in  his  singularity  doth  dispise. 
Yet  doth  not  his  particular  humour  shun 
The  common  stews  and  brothells  of  the  towne, 
Though  all  the  world  in  troops  doe  hither  4  run, 
Cleane  and  uncleane,  the  gentle  and  the  clowne  : 
Then  why  should  Rufus  in  his  pride  abhorre, 
A  common  seate,  that  loues  a  common  whore. 

In  Quintum.     4. 
Quintus  the  dancer  useth  euermore, 
His  feet  in  measure  and  in  rule  to  moue  : 

1  See  Note  on  Epigram  28.     G. 

2  Malone  has  cited  this  passage  (Shakespeare  by  Boswell  iii.  81) 
and,  if  he  explains  it  rightly,  the  allusion  is  to  one  of  the  two  boxes 
(sometimes  called  private  boxesj  which  were  situated  on  each  side  of 
the  balcony  or  upper  stage.     D. 

3  Other  editions  (as  the  Isham)  '  doubtfull.'     G . 

4  Other  editions  (as  the  Isham)  '  thither.'     G. 


EPIGRAMMES. 


ii 


Yet  on  a  time  he  call'd  his  Mistresse,  '  whore  ' 
And  thought5  with  that  sweet  word  to  win  her  loue 
Oh  had  his  tongue  like  to  his  feet  beene  taught 
It  neuer  would  haue  uttered  such  a  thought. 

In  Plurimos.6     5. 
Faustinus,  Sextus,  Cinnse,  Ponticus, 
With  Gella,  Lesbia,  Thais,  Rhodope, 
Rode  all  to  Stanes7  for  no  cause  serious, 
But  for  their  mirth,  and  for  their  leachery  : 
Scarce  were  they  setled  in  their  lodging,  when 
Wenches  with  wenches,  men  with  men  fell  out : 
Men  with  their  wenches,  wenches  with  their  men  ; 
Which  straight  dissolues8  their  ill-assembled  rout.9 
But  since  the  Deuill  brought  them  thus  together, 
To  my  discovrsing l  thoughts  it  is  a  wonder, 
Why  presently  as  soone  as  they  came  thither, 
The  selfe  same  deuill  did  them  part  asunder. 
Doubtlesse  it  seemes  it  was  a  foolish  deuill, 
That  thus  did2  part  them  e're  they  did  some  euill. 


5  MS.  "  Thinkinge."     D.  6  MS.  "  In  meritriculas  [sic] 

Londinensis."     D. 
7  MS.  "  Ware."     D.         8  MS.  "  dissolv'd."     D. 
9  "  Rabble,  set."     D.  »  MS.  "  discerninge."     D. 

2  MS.  "  straight  would."     D.     Isham  ■  thus  would.'     G. 


12  EPIGRAM MES. 


In  Titam.3     6. 
Titas,  the  braue  and  valorous4  young  gallant, 
Three  yeares  together  in  this  towne  hath  beene  ; 
Yet  my  Lord  Chancellor's  tombe5  he  hath  not  seene 
Nor  the  new  water-worke,6  nor  the  Elephant.7 
I  cannot  tell  the  cause  without  a  smile, — 
He  hath  beene  in  the  Counter8  all  this  while. 

In  Faustum.     7. 
Faustus,  nor  lord,  nor  knight,  nor  wise,  nor  old, 
To  euery  place  about  the  towne  doth  ride ; 
He  rides  into  the  fields,  Playes  to  behold, 
He  rides  to  take  boat  at  the  water  side  : 


3  Mr.  Dyce  corrects  (as  Isham)  to*  Titum  'and  line  1st  'Titus.'  G. 

4  MS.  "Valient."     G. 

5  Viz.,  of  Sir  Christopher  Hatton,  whose  huge  and  splendid  mon- 
umental-tomb was  long  one  of  the  London  sights  for  country 
cousins.  Col.  Cunningham  (in  loco)  adds  "  It  was  erected  in  St. 
Paul's  Cathedral,  and  Bishop  Corbet  says  was  "  higher  than  the 
host  and  altar."     G. 

6  Recently  described  by  Smiles  in  his  Lives  of  the  Engineers. 
s.  v.     G. 

7  It  is  curious  to  find  the  article  '  the '  Elephant.  Coriat  later 
gave  his  own  portrait  showing  himself  on  the  back  of  an  elephant, 
as  a  great  wonder,  in  one  of  his  travel  title-pages.  But  query — Is 
it  the  famous  inn  named  by  Shakespeare  :  "  I  could  not  find  him  at 


EPIGRAMMES.  13 


He  rides  to  Pauls',9  he  rides  to  th'  Ordinary- 
He  rides  unto  the  house  of  bawdery  too, — 
Thither  his  horse  doth  him  so  often  carry, 
That  shortly  he  will  quite  forget  to  goe. 

In  Katum.1     8. 
Kate  being  pleas'd  wisht  that  her  pleasure  could 
Indure  as  long  as  a  buffe-jerkin  would  : 
Content  thee,  Kate  ;  although  thy  pleasure  wasteth, 
Thy  pleasure's  place  like  a  buffe-jerkin  lasteth, 


the  Elephant"  (Twelfth  Night,  iv.  3)  ?  Col.  Cunningham  (as  be- 
fore) assuming  it  is  the  animal  that  is  meant,  annotates  thus  :  "  The 
Elephant  was  an  object  of  great  wonder  and  long  remembered.  A 
curious  illustration  of  this  is  found  in  The  Metamorphosis  of  the  Wal- 
nut Tree,  written  about  1645,  where  the  poet  [William  Basse]  brings 
trees  of  all  descriptions  to  the  funeral,  particularly  a  gigantic  oak — 
The  youth  of  these  our  tymes  that  did  behold 

This  motion  strange  of  this  unwieldy  plant, 
Now  boldly  brag  with  us  that  are  more  old, 
That  of  our  age  they  no  advantage  want, 
Though  in  our  youth  we  saw  an  elephant.     G. 

8  Debtors'  prison.  G. 

9  Other  editions   "  Powles,"    and    Isham    '  Poules.'     G.        MS. 
"  Powels."     D. 

1  Mr.  Dyce  reads  '  Katam  '  :  being  feminine  the  poet  is  here  put 
right.     G. 


14  EPIGRAMMES. 


For  no  buffe-jerkin  hath  beene  oftner  worne, 
Nor  hath  more  scrapings  or  more  dressings  borne. 

In  Librum.     9. 
Liber  doth  vaunt  how  chastly  he  hath  liu'd, 
Since  he  hath  bin  seuen  yeares  in  towne,  and  more,2 
For  that  he  sweares  he  hath  four  onely  swiude  ;3 
A  maid,  a  wife,  a  widdow,  and  a  whore  : 

Then,  Liber,  thou  hast  swiude  all  women-kinde, 
For  a  fifth  sort,  I  know  thou  canst  not  finde. 

In  Medontem.     10. 
Great  captaine  Maedon  weares  a  chaine  of  gold, 
Which  at  fiue  hundred  crownes  is  valued ; 
For  that  it  was  his  grand  sire's  chaine  of  old, 
When  great  King  Henry,  Bulloigne  conquered. 
And  weare  it  Maedon,  for  it  may  ensue, 
That  thou,  by  vertue  of  this  4  massie  chaine, 
A  stronger  towne  than  Bulloigne  maist  subdue, 
If  wise  men's  sawes  be  not  reputed  vaine ; 


2  MS.  "  Knowne  this  towne  7  years."  Isham  "  he  hath  beene  in 
towne  7  yeeres."     G. 

3  ■  Swiude  '  from  Isham  :  other  editions .     G. 

4  MS.  "  wearing  of  that."     D. 


EPIGRAMMES.  15 


For  what  said  Philip  king  of  Macedon  ? 

There  is  no  castle  so  well  fortified, 

But  if  an  asse  laden  with  gold  comes  on, 

The  guard  will  stoope,  and  gates  flye  open  wide. 

In  Gellam.     11. 
Gella,  if  thou  dost  loue  thy  selfe,  take  heed, 
Lest  thou  my  rimes  5  unto  thy  louer  read  ; 

For  straight  thou  grin'st,  and  then  thy  louer  seeth 
Thy  canker-eaten  gums  and  rotten  teeth. 

In  Quintum.     12. 
Quintus  his  wit  6  infused  into  his  braine, 
Mislikes  7  the  place,  and  fled  into  his  feet ; 
And  there  it  wandered  8  up  and  downe  the  street, 
Dabled  in  the  dirt,  and  soaked  in  the  raine : 
Doubtlesse  his  wit  intends  not  to  aspire, 
Which  leaues  his  head,  to  travell  in  the  mire. 

In  Severum.     13. 
The  Puritan  Severus  oft  doth  read 
This  text,  that  doth  pronounce  vain  speech  a  sin, — 


5  MS.  "  lynes."     D.  r>  =  Quintus's  wit.     G. 

7  Mislikt  ?     G.  8  Isham  '  wanders.'  G. 


16  EP1GRAMMES. 


"  That  thing  defiles  a  man,  that  doth  proceed, 
From  out  the  mouth,  not  that  which  enters  in." 
Hence  it  is,9  that  we  seldome  heare  him  sweare  : 
And  thereof  as  a  Pharisie  he  vaunts ; 
But  he  devours  more  capons  in  one 1  yeare, 
Then  would  suffice  an  hundred  2  Protestants. 
And  sooth,  those  sectaries  are  gluttons  all, 
As  well  the  thred-bare  cobler,  as  the  knight ; 
For  those  poore  slaues  which  haue  not  wherewithall, 
Feed  on  the  rich,  till  they  devour  them  quite  ; 
And  so,  as 3  Pharoe's  kine,  they  eate  up  clean, 
Those  that  be  fat,  yet  still  themselues  be  lean. 

In  Leucam.     14. 
Leuca,  in  Presence  once,  a  fart  did  let ; 
Some  laught  a  little ;  she  refus'd  4  the  place  ; 
And  mad  with  shame,  did  then  5  her  gloue  forget, 
Which  she  return'd  to  fetch  with  bashfull  grace ; 


!l  Isham  '  Hence  is  it.'     G.  l  Isham  '  a.'     G. 

8  Isham  '  a  hundreth.'     G.  3  Isham  '  like.'     G. 

4  Isham  '  forsook.'     G. 

5  Isham 'eke.'     G. 


EPIGRAMMES.  17 


And  when  she  would  haue  said,  "  I've  lost  my  gloue,"  6 
My  fart  (qd.  she  :)  which  did  more  laughter  moue. 

In  Macrum.     15. 

Thou  canst  not  speake  yet,  Macer,  for  to  speake, 

Is  to  distinguish  sounds  significant : 

Thou  with  harsh  noise  the  ayre  dost  rudely  breake ; 

But  what  thou  utterest  common  sence  doth  want, — 
Halfe  English  words,  with  fustian  termes  among 
Much  like  the  burthen  of  a  Northerne  song. 

In  Fastum.7     16. 
"  That  youth,"  saith  Faustus,  "hath  a  lyon  seene, 
Who  from  a  dicing-house  comes  money-lesse  "  : 


6  Mr.  Dyce  says  here  **  something  has  dropt  out,"  the  line  being 
a  foot  short,     I  have  supplied  '  I've  lost.'     G. 

7  Sic,  but   should  be  Faustum   (1st  line)  and  is  so  given  by  Mr. 
Dyce  and  Isham.     G. 


VOL.  II. 


1 8  EPIGRAMMES. 


But  when  he  lost  his  haire,  where  had  he  beene  ? 
I  doubt  me  he  had  seene  a  Lyonesse  ? 

In  Cosmum.     17. 
Cosmus  hath  more  discoursing  in  his  head 
Then  Ioue,  when  Pallas  issued  from  his  braine ; 
And  still  he  strives  to  be  delivered 
Of  all  his  thoughts  at  once,  but  all  in  vaine  ; 
For,  as  we  see  at  all  the  play-house  doores, 
When  ended  is  the  play,  the  dance,  and  song, 
A  thousand  townesmen,  gentlemen,  and  whores, 
Porters  and  serving-men,  together  throng, — 
So  thoughts  of  drinking,  thriuing,  wenching,  warre, 
And  borrowing  money,  raging,8  in  his  mind ; 
To  issue  all  at  once  so  fonvard  are, 
As  none  at  all  can  perfect  passage  find. 

In  Flaccum.     18. 
The  false  knave  Flaccus  once  a  bribe  I  gaue  : 
The  more  foole  I  to  bribe  so  false  a  knaue  : 
But  he  gaue  back  my  bribe ;  the  more  foole  he, 
That  for  my  folly  did  not  cousen  me. 


s  MS.  "ranging."     G. 


EPIGRAM MES.  19 


In  Cineam.     19. 
Thou  dogged  Cineas,  hated  like  a  dogge, 
For  still  thou  grumblest  like  a  masty  9  dogge, 
Compar'st  thyself  to  nothing  but  a  dogge ; 
Thou  saith l  thou  art  as  weary  as  a  dogge, 
As  angry,  sicke,  and  hungry  as  a  dogge, 
As  dull  and  melancholly  as  a  dogge, 
As  lazy,  sleepy,2  idle  as  a  dogge  : 
But  why  dost  thou  compare  thee  to  a  dogge 
In  that,  for  which  all  men  despise  a  dogge  ? 
I  will  compare  thee  better  to  a  dogge  : 
Thou  art  as  faire  and  comely  as  a  dogge, 
Thou  art  as  true  and  honest  as  a  dogge, 
Thou  art  as  kind  and  liberall  as  a  dogge, 
Thou  art  as  wise  and  valiant  as  a  dogge. 
But  Cineas,  I  have  [often]  3  heard  thee  tell, 
Thou  art  as  like  thy  father  as  may  be ; 

'Tis  like  enough  ;  and  faith  I  like  it  well ; 

But  I  am  glad  thou  art  not  like  to  me. 


9  Mastiff.  D.  [This  is  an  error.  A  '  mastiff'  is  not  a  grumbling 
dog,  and  '  masty  '  is  _  fatted,  and  here  answers  apparently  to  the 
over-fed  vicious  pet.  See  Maste,  Prompt.  Parv.  &  p.  151  (Way's 
ed.)     G.  '  Isham  '  saist.'     G. 

2  '  And  as '  not  in  Isham.  and  being  superfluous  left  out.     G. 

3  Supplied  from  MS.  by  Mr.  Dyce.     Isham  '  oft.5     G. 


20  EPIGRAMMES. 


In  Gerontem.     20. 
Geron's4  mouldy  memory  corrects 
Old  Holinshed,  our  famous  Chronicler, 
With  morall  rules ;  and  policy  collects 
Out  of  all  actions  done  these  fourscore  yeare  ;5 
Accounts  the  times  of  euery  old  6  event, 
Not  from  Christ's  birth,  nor  from  the  Prince's  raigne, 
But  from  some  other  famous  accident, 
Which  in  mens  generall  notice  doth  remaine, — 
The  siege  of  Bulloigne  and  the  Plaguy  Sweat, 
The  going  to  St.  Quintin's  and  New-haven, 
The  rising  in  the  North,  the  Frost  so  great 
That  cart-wheeles'  prints  on  Thamis  face  were  graven,7 
The  fall  of  money,  and  burning  of  Paul's  steeple  ; 
The  blazing  starre,  and  Spaniard's  ouerthrow : 
By  these  events,  notorious  to  the  people, 
He  measures  times,  and  things  forepast  doth  show : 


4  MS.  '  Geron,  his.'     D.     Isham  '  Geron  whose.'     G. 

6  Isham  corrects  the  misprint  '  yeares,'   and  of  '  time  '  in  next 
line.     G.         6  Isham  '  odde.'     G. 

7  The    reading  in   our  text,    and  in  all   the    editions,  including 
Isham,  is  '  seene  ' :  but  above  from  MS,   as  rhyming  with  New- 
haven  seems  preferable.     Newhaven  was  formerly  called  Havre 
Grace.     All  the  date-events  are  commonplaces  of  History.    G. 


EPIGRAMMES. 


21 


But  most  of  all,  he  chiefly  reckons  by 
A  priuate  chance, — the  death  of  his  curst  8  wife  ; 
This  is  to  him  the  dearest  memory, 
And  the  happiest  accident  of  all  his  life. 

In  Marcum.     21. 
When  Marcus  comes  from  Minnes,9  hee  still  doth 

sweare, 
By  "  come  on1  seauen,"  that  all  is  lost  and  gone  ; 
But  that's  not  true  ;  for  he  hath  lost  his  haire,— 
Onely  for  that  he  came  too  much  at  one. 

In  Ciprum.2     22. 
The  fine  youth  Ciprius  is  more  tierse  and  neate, 
Then  the  new  garden  of  the  Old  Temple  is ; 


8  Ill-natured.  D.  [This  is  a  good-natured  explanation.  I  fear 
that  in  this  place  it  means  more  and  worse,  though  in  the  Taming 
of  the  Shrew  we  have  Kate  the  curst,  without  the  slightest  imputa- 
tion on  her  moral  character,  or  any  allusion  to  anything  but  her 
vixen  temper.     G.] 

9  MS.  "  for  newes." — The  first  edition  [and  Isham]  reads  '  from 
Mins ' :  the  other  two  as  above.  Mins'  (which  perhaps  should  be 
written  Min's)  is,  I  presume,  the  name  of  some  person  who  kept  an 
Ordinary  where  gaming  was  practised.     D.         1  Isham  '  a.'     G. 

2  Sie :  but  should  be,  as  Isham,  Ciprium ;  Mr.  Dyce  reads 
Cyprium.     G. 


22  EPIGRAMMES. 


And  still  the  newest  fashion  he  doth  get, 
And  with  the  time  doth  change  from  that  to  this ; 
He  weares  a  hat  of  the  flat-crowne  block, 
The  treble  ruffes,  long  cloake,  and  doublet  French ; 
He  takes  tobacco,  and  doth  weare  a  lock, 
And  wastes  more  time  in  dressing  then  a  wench  : 
Yet  this  new  fangled  youth,  made  for  these  times, 
Doth  aboue  all  praise  old  George  Gascoine's3  rimes  ? 

In  Cineam.     23. 

When  Cineas  comes  amongst  his  friends  in  morning, 

He  slyly  spies  4  who  first  his  cap  doth  moue ; 

Him  he  salutes,  the  rest  so  grimly  scorning, 

As  if  for  euer  they  had  lost  his  loue. 

I  seeing  5  how  it  doth  the  humour  fit 

Of  this  fond  6  gull  to  be  saluted  first, 

Catch  at  my  cap,  but  moue  it  not  a  whit  : 

Which  to 7  perceiuing,  he  seemes  for  spite  to  burst : 


3  Died  October  7th,  1577.      His  Works  have  been  worthily  col- 
lected by  Mr.  W.  C.  Hazlitt  in  his  Roxburghe  Library.     G. 

4  MS.  "notes."     D.     [first  edition  and  Isham  "lookes":  others 
as  above.     G.] 

5  In  first  edition  and  Isham  "  Knowing  "  and  MS.     G. 

6  Foolish.     G. 

7  Dyce's  text  is  '  he' :  but '  to '  is  often  in  Davies'  time  printed  for 
'  too.'     Isham  '  Which  perceiuing.'     G. 


EPIGRAMMES. 


23 


But  Cineas,  why  expect  you  more  of  me, 

Then  I  of  you  ?  I  am  as  good  a  man, 

And  better  too  by  many  a  quality, 

For  vault,  and  dance,  and  fence  and  rime  I  can  : 
You  keep  a  whore  at  your  own  charge,  men  tell  me, 
Indeed  friend  (Cineas)  therein  you  excell  me. 

In  Gallum.     24. 
Gallas  hath  beene  this  Summer-time  in  Friesland, 
And  now  return'd,  he  speaks  such  warlike  words, 
As,  if  I  could  their  English  understand, 
I  feare  me  they  would  cut  my  throat  like  swords  : 
He  talkes  of  counter-scarfes  8  and  casomates, 
Of  parapets,  of  curteneys,  and  palizadoes  ; 
Of  flankers,  ravelings,  gabions  he  prates, 
And  of  false-brayes,9  and  sallies  x  and  scaladoes. 


8  Isham  '  scarphes.'    G. 

9  Isham  '  false  brayes.'  In  (his  place  I  have  restored  the  reading 
'false-brayes'  of  the  1st  edition  and  of  the  MS,  rejecting  '  false- 
baits  '  of  2nd  and  3rd  editions.  There  is  no  such  word  in  military 
engineering  or  fortification  ;  but  there  is  '  fausse-braye  '  or  '  false- 
braye.'  There  is  a  not  very  intelligible  description  in  Bailey's 
Dictionary.     G. 

1  With  this  passage  compare  the  following  lines  : 

"  See  Captaine  Martio  he  i'  th'  '  Renounce  me  '  band, 
That  in  the  middle  region  doth  stand 


24  EPIGRAMMES. 


But,  to  requite  such  gulling  tearmes  as  these, 
With  words  of  my  profession  I  reply ; 
I  tell  of  fourching,2  vouchers,  and  counterpleas, 
Of  withermans,3  essoynes,  and  Champarty. 
So,  neither  of  us  understanding  4  one  another, 
We  part  as  wise  as  when  we  came  together. 

In  Decium.     25. 
Audacious  painters  have  Nine  Worthies  made  ; 
But  poet  Decius,5  more  audacious  farre, 
Making  his  mistris  march  with  men  of  warre, 


Wo'  th'  reputation  Steele  !  Faith,  lets  remoue 

Into  his  ranke  (of  such  discourse  you  loue)  : 

Hee'l  tell  of  basilisks,  trenches,  retires, 

Of  pallizadoes,  parapets,  frontires, 

Of  caluerins,  and  baricadoes  too. 

What  to  bee  harquebazerd,  to  lie  in  perdue,"  Sec. 
Fitzgeoffrey's  Notes  from  Black-Friars'  Sig.  e  7,  a  portion  of  the 
volume  entitled  Certain  Elegies,  Sec,  ed.  1620.     See  our  Memorial- 
Introduction  for  an  impudent  appropriation  of  this  epigram.    G. 

2  MS.  "  forginge."     D.     Isham  '  foorching.'     G. 

3  Other   editions    and    MS.    "  Withernams "  :     Isham    'whither 
names.'     G. 

4  Isham  '  vnderstanding  either.'     G. 

5  Dra)rton  is  here  meant.     [Malone's  Manuscript-note  in  Bodleian 
copy.     G.] 


EPIGRAMMES. 


With  title  of  "  Tenth  Worthy  "6  doth  her  lade.7 
Me  thinks  that  gull  did  use  his  tearmes  as  fit, 
Which  tearm'd  his  loue  "a  gyant  for  her  wit." 


6  [Ben]  Jonson  told  Drummond  "That  S[ir]  J[ohn]  Davies 
played  in  ane  Epigrame  on  Drayton's,  who  in  a  sonnet,  concluded 
his  Mistress  might  [have]  been  the  Ninth  [Tenth]  Worthy ;  and 
said,  he  used  a  phrase  like  Dametas  in  [Sir  Philip  Sidney's]  Arca- 
dia, who  said  For  wit  his  Mistresse  might  be  a  gyant."  'Notes  of 
Ben  Jonson's  conversations  with  William  Drummond,  of  Haw- 
thornden,'  p.  15  (Shakespere  Society).  The  sonnet  by  Drayton, 
which  our  author  here  ridicules,  is  as  follows  : 

"TO  THE  CELESTIALL  NUMBERS. 
"  Vnto  the  World,  to  Learning,  and  to  Heauen, 
Three  Nines  there  are,  to  euery  one  a  Nine, 
One  Number  of  the  Earth,  the  other  both  Diuine; 
One  Woman  now  makes  three  odde  numbers  euen  : 
Nine  Orders  first  of  Angels  be  in  Heauen, 
Nine  Muses  doe  with  Learning  still  frequent, 
These  with  the  Gods  are  euer  Resident ; 
Nine  Worthy  Ones  vnto  the  World  were  giuen  : 
My  Worthy  One  to  these  Nine  Worthies  addeth, 
And  my  faire  Muse  one  Muse  vnto  the  Nine, 
And  my  good  Angell  (in  my  soule  Diuine) 
With  one  more  Order  these  Nine  Orders  gladdeth  : 
My  Muse,  my  Worthy,  and  my  Angell,  then, 
Makes  euery  one  of  these  three  Nines  a  Ten." 

7  Isham  reads  badly  'woorthly.'  '  Laide.'  G.  Idea :  Sonnet 
18  ed.  8vo.  n.  d.     D. 


26  EPIGRAMMES. 


In  Gellam.     26. 
If  Gella's  beauty  be  examined, 
She  hath  a  dull,  dead  eye,  a  saddle  nose, 
And8  ill-shap't  face,  with  morphew  ouer-spread, 
And  rotten  teeth,  which  she  in  laughing  shows  ; 
Briefly,  she  is  the  filthiest  wench  in  towne, 
Of  all  that  doe  the  art  of  whoring  use  : 
But  when  she  hath  put  on  her  sattin  gowne, 
Her  cut 9  lawne  apron,  and  her  velvet  shooes, 
Her  greene  silke  stockins  and  her  petticoat 
Of  taffaty,  with  golden  fringe  a-round, 
And  is  withall  perfumed  with  civet  hot,1 
Which  doth  her  valiant  stinking  breath  confound,- 
Yet  she  with  these  additions  is  no  more 
Than  a  sweet,  filthy,  fine,  ill-favoured 2  whore. 


3  The  other  editions,  as  Isham  and  MS.,  '  an.'     G. 

9  MS.  'cut.'  D.  [This  is  unquestionably  the  right  word,  not 
'  out.'  Whether  '  cut-lawne  apron  '  meant  curiously  shaped  like  "the 
sleeves  curiously  cut  "  of  Katharine's  dress  :  or  whether  it  was  cut- 
wove  lawn,  lawn  embroidered  by  cutting  out  holes  and  sewing  them 
round,  seems  uncertain, — probably  the  latter.     G. 

1  MS.  'sweete.'     D.  2    Isham  again  badly  '  ilfauoted.'     G. 


EPIGRAMMES.  27 


In  Syllam.     27. 
Sylla  is  often  challenged  to  the  field, 
To  answer  as  a  gentleman,  his  foes  : 
But  then  he  doth  this3  answer  onely  yeeld, — 
That  he  hath  livings  and  faire  lands  to  lose. 
Silla,  if  none  but  beggars  valiant  were, 
The  King  of  Spaine  would  put  us  all  in  feare. 

In  Sillam.     28. 
Who  dares  affirme  that  Silla  dares  not  fight  ? 
When  I  dare  sweare  he  dares  adventure  more 
Than  the  most  braue  and  all-daring4  wight,5 
That  euer  armes  with  resolution  bore  ; 
He  that  dares  6  touch  the  most  unwholsome  whore 
That  euer  was  retir'd  into  the  Spittle  7 
And  dares  court  wenches  standing  at  a  doore, 
(The  portion  his  wit  being  passing  little) ; 


3  In  first  edition  and  Isham,   "  then  doth  he  this."      G.      [MS. 
"  he  doth  all  this."     D.] 

4  MS.  "  valiant  and  all-daring."     D.       [First  edition,  "  braue, 
most  all  daring."     G.] 

5  MS.  "  Knight."     D.  6  Isham,  *  dare.'     G. 
7  Hospital :  or  query  prison  ?     So  late  as  Thomson's  "  Castle  of 

Indolence"  (c  1.  77)  we  have  the  word:    "all  the  diseases  which 
the  spittles  know."      G. 


28  EPIGRAMMES. 


He  that  dares  give  his  dearest  friends  offences, 
Which  other  valiant  fooles  doe  feare  to  doe  : 
And  when  a  feaver  doth  confound  his  sences, 
Dare  eate  raw  beefe,  and  drink  strong  wine  thereto  : 
He  that  dares  take  tobacco  on  the  stage,8 
Dares  man  a  whore  at  noone-day  through  the  street 
Dares  dance  in  Paul's  and  in  this  formall  age, 
Dares  say  and  doe  whateuer  is  unmeet ; 

Whom  feare  of  shame  could  neuer  yet  affright, — 
Who  dares  affirme  that  Sylla  dares  not  fight  ? 


3  Probably  most  readers  are  aware  that  it  was  formerly  the  cus- 
tom of  gallants  to  smoke  tobacco  on  the  stage,  during  the  perform- 
ance, either  lying  on  the  rushes  or  sitting  upon  hired  stools.  D. 
[In  Hutton's  'Satyres'  and  '  Epigrams'  (1619)  well  edited  by  Rim- 
bault  for  the  Percy  Society,  there  are  various  passages  illustrative 
of  above,  e.g. 

"  Dine  with  Duke  Humfrey  in  decayed  Paules 
Confound  the  streetes  with  chaos  of  old  braules, 
Dancing  attendance  on  the  Black -friers  stage 
Call  for  a  stoole  with  a  commanding  rage,  &c. 

[pp.  68,  69.]   Cf. 

Also  Ben  Jonson's  Devil  is  an  Ass  (16 16)  who  censures  the  conduct 
of  the  gallants  allowed  seats  on  the  stage.     G.] 


EPIGRAMMES.  29 


In  Haywodum.9     29. 
Haywood,  that  did1  in  Epigrams  excell, 
Is  now  put  downe  since  my  light  Muse  arose  ; 
As  buckets  are  put  downe  into  a  well, 
Or  as  a  schoole-boy  putteth  downe  his  hose.2 


9  Mr.    Dyce  spells    Heywodum.      John  Heywood's  Epigrammes 
accompany  his  Proverbs  :    1562.     G. 

1  1  st  edition,  '  which  in  epigrams  did;'  Isham  '  which  did.'  [The 
Epigrams  of  John  Heywood  are  well  known.  An  allusion  to  this 
epigram  of  Davies  occurs  in  Sir  John  Harington's  Metamorphosis  of 
Ajax,  1596  :  "  This  Heywood  for  his  proverbs  and  epigrams  is  not 
yet  put  down  by  any  of  our  country,  though  one  [Marginal  Note, 
M [aster]  Davies]  doth  indeed  come  near  him,  that  graces  him  the 
more  in  saying  he  puts  him  down,"  p.  41,  edition  1814.  (In  the 
same  work  we  find,  "  But,  as  my  good  M.  Davies  said  of  his  epi- 
grams, that  they  were  made,  like  doublets  in  Birchin-lane,  for  every 
one  whom  they  will  serve,  &c.  p.  133.  D.]  [I  add  from  T.  Bas- 
tard's '  Chrestoleros  '  [Lib.  11  :  Epigram  15]  an  answer  to  this  : 

Heywood  goes  downe  saith  Dauis,  sikerly, 
And  downe  he  goes,  I  can  it  not  deny  : 
But  were  I  happy  did  not  fortune  frowne 
Were  I  in  heart  I  would  sing  Dauy  downe. 

Cf.  also  lib.  iii.   Ep.  3.      Mr.  Dyce  also  quotes  from  Freeman's 
Rulbe  and  a  great  Cast,  1614.     G.] 
3  Breeches.     D. 


to  EPIGRAMMES. 


In  Dacum.3     30. 
Amongst  the  poets  Dacus  numbred  is, 
Yet  could  he  neuer  make  an  English  rime ; 
But  some  prose  speeches  I  haue  heard  of  his, 
Which  haue  been  spoken  many  an  hundreth  time  : 
The  man  that  keeps  the  Elephant  hath  one, 
Wherein  he  tells  the  wonders  of  the  beast : 
Another  Bankes  pronounced  long  agon,4 
When  he  his  curtailes 5  qualities  exprest : 
He  first  taught  him  that  that  keeps  the  monuments 
At  Westminster,  his  formall  tale  to  say ; 
And  also  him  which  Puppets  represents, 
And  also  him  which  with  the  Ape  doth  play  : 
Though  all  his  Poetry  be  like  to  this, 
Amongst  the  poets  Dacus  numbred  is. 


3  This  is  not  Decius  of  Epig.  25,  who  was  Drayton,  but  (eheu  !) 
Samuel  Daniel.  Cf.  Epig.  45,  and  relative  note.  On  the  ele- 
phant (1.  5)  see  note  on  Epig.  6.     G. 

4  Isham  badly  '  a  goe.'     G. 

8  Id  est,  horse's  [the  word  means  properly — a  docked  horse.]  So 
much  may  be  found  in  various  books  concerning  Banks  and  his 
wonderful  horse,  that  any  account  of  them  is  unnecessary  here.  D. 
[The  '  wonderful  horse  '  is  referred  to  by  Shakespeare.     G.] 


EPIGRAMMES. 


3i 


In  Priscum.     31. 
When  Priscus,  rais'd  from  low  to  high  estate, 
Rode  through  the  street  in  pompous  jollity  ; 
Caius,  his  poore  familiar  friend  of  late, 
Bespake  him  thus  :  "  Sir,  now  you  know  not  me/ 
"  Tis  likely  friend,"  (quoth  Priscus)  "  to  be  so, 
For  at  this  time  myselfe  I  do  not  know." 

In  Brunum.     32. 
Brunus,  which  deems  himselfe  a  faire  sweet  youth 
Is  thirty  nine  yeares  of  age  at  least ; 
Yet  was  he  neuer,  to  confesse  the  truth, 
But  a  dry  starveling  when  he  was  at  best : 
This  gull  was  sicke  to  shew  his  night-cap  fine, 
And  his  wrought  pillow  over-spread  with  lawne ; 

But  hath  been  well  since  his  griefe's  cause  hath  line  6 
At  Trollup's  by  Saint  Clement's  Church,  in  pawne. 

In  Francum.     33. 
When  Francus  comes  to  sollace  with  his  whore, 
He  sends  for  rods,  and  strips  himselfe  stark  naked ; 
For  his  lust  sleeps  and  will  not  rise  before, 
By  whipping  of  the  wench  it  be  awaked. 


6  Lien,  lain.     D. 


32  EPIGRAMMES. 


I  enuie  him  not,  but  wish  I  had  the  powre 

To  make  myselfe7  his  wench  but  one  halfe  houre. 

In  Castorem.     34. 

Of  speaking  well  why  doe  we  learne  the  skill, 

Hoping  thereby  honour  and  wealth  to  gaine  ; 

Sith  rayling  Castor  doth,  by  speaking  ill, 

Opinion  of  much  wit  and  gold  obtaine  ? 

In  Septimium.     35. 

Septimus  Hues,  and  is  like  garlick  seene, 
For  though  his  head  be  white,  his  blade  is  greene  : 
This  old  mad  coult  deserves  a  Martyr's  praise, 
For  he  was  burned  in  Queene  Marie's  daies. 

Of  Tobacco.     36. 
Homer,  of  Moly  and  Nepenthe  sings  : 
Moly,  the  gods'  most  soueraigne  hearb  diuine, 
Nepenthe,  Heauen's  8  drinke,  most 9  gladnesse  brings, 


Col.  Cunningham  emends  'himself  for  'myself;  but  the 
'whipping  of  (1.  4)  is  =  by:  and  Davies'  wish  is  that  he  wielded 
the  rods  on  Francus.     G. 

5  Mr.  Dyce  reads  '  Helen's  '  and  confirms  from  Milton's  Comus 

(167.O-   ' 


EPIGRAMMES. 


33 


Heart's  griefe  expells,  and  doth  the  wits  refine. 

But  this  our  age  another  world  hath  found, 

From  whence  an  hearb  of  heauenly  power  is  brought ; 

Moly  is  not  so  soueraigne  for  a  wound, 

Nor  hath  Nepenthe  so  great  wonders  wrought  :l 

It  is  Tobacco,  whose  sweet  substantiall2  fume 

The  hellish  torment  of  the  teeth  doth  ease, 

By  drawing  downe,  and  drying  up  the  rheume, 

The  mother  and  the  nurse  of  each  disease  : 

It  is  Tobacco,  which  doth  cold  expell, 


Not  that  Nepenthes,  which  the  wife  of  Thone 
In  Egypt  gave  to  Jove-born  Helena,  &c. 
In  first  edition  there  is  a  misprint  "  Hekens  "  :  in  the  other  editions, 
as  above  "  Heauens  "  :  in  MS.  "  helvs  "  :  Isham  '  Heuens.'  Helen 
is  admissible,  but  '  Heavens  '  what  Davies  himself  printed.  See 
the  poem  on  Tobacco  among  the  hitherto  unpublished  poems,  of 
which  the  Epigram  seems  only  a  first  rough  draft — and  relative 
note. 

9  Isham  '  which.'     G.  *  Isham  badly  '  brought.'     G. 

"  MS.  '  subtle.'  D.  [Substantial  is  here  =  partaking  of  the 
substance  or  essence,  or,  as  we  say,  properties  peculiar  to  tobacco — 
a  fume  holding  in  it  the  virtues  or  substance  of  the  tobacco.  The 
MS. '  subtle'  may  be  regarded  as  an  Author's  variant,  especially  as 
it  is  also  found  in  '  Tobacco  '  among  the  hitherto  unpublished 
poems,  onward.     G. 

VOL.  II.  D 


34  EPIGRAMMES. 


And  cleares  the  obstructions  of  the  arteries, 

And  surfeits,  threatning  death,  dijesteth  well, 

Decocting  all  the  stomack's  crudities  : 

It  is  Tobacco,  which  hath  power  to  clarifie 

The  cloudy  mists  before  dimme  eyes  appearing  : 

It  is  Tobacco,  which  hath  power  to  rarifie 

The  thick  grosse  humour  which  doth  stop  the  hearing ; 

The  wasting  hectick,  and  the  quartaine  feuer, 

Which  doth  of  Physick  make  a  mockery ; 

The  gout  it  cures,  and  helps  ill  breaths  for  euer, 

Whether  the  cause  in  teeth  or  stomack  be ; 

And  though  ill  breaths  were  by  it  but  confounded, 

Yet  that  vile  medicine  it  doth  farre  excell, 

Which  by  Sir  Thomas  Moore3  hath  beene  propounded  : 


3  Mr.  Dyce  quotes  an  '  Epigramma '  of  Sir  Thomas  More,  which, 
is  headed 

"  Medicinoe  ad  tollendos  fcetores,    anhelitus,   prove nientes  a  cilis 
quibusdam." 

"  Sectile  ne  tetros  porrum  tibi  spiret  odores, 

Protenus  a  porro  fac  mihi  cepe  vores. 
Denuo  foetorem  si  vis  depellere  cepae, 

Hoc  facile  efficient  allia  mansa  tibi. 
Spiritus  at  si  post  etiam  gravis  allia  restat, 

Aut  nihil,  aut  tantum  tollere  merda  potest." 

T.  Mori  Lucubrationes,  &c,  p.  261,  edition  1563.     G. 


EPIGRAMMES. 


35 


For  this  is  thought  a  gentleman-like  smell. 

O,  that  I  were  one  of  those  Mountebankes, 

Which  praise  their  oyles  and  powders  which  they  sell 

My  customers  would  giue  me  coyne  with  thanks ; 

I  for  this  ware,  for  sooth 4  a  tale  would  tell : 

Yet  would  I  use  none  of  these  tearmes  before ; 

I  would  but  say,  that  it  the  Pox  will  cure  : 

This  were  enough,  without  discoursing  more, 

All  our  braue  gallants  in  the  towne  t'allure, 

In  Crassum.     37. 
Crassus  his  lyes,5  are  not  pernicious  lyes, 
But  pleasant  fictions,  hurtfull  unto  none 
But  to  himselfe ;  for  no  man  counts  him  wise 
To  tell  for  truth  that  which  for  false  is  knowne. 
He  sweares  that  Gaunt  is  three  score  miles  about, 
And  that  the  bridge  at  Paris  on  the  Seyn 
Is  of  such  thicknesse,  length  and  breadth  throughout, 
That  sixe  score  Arches  can  it  scarce  sustaine  ; 
He  sweares  he  saw  so  great  a  dead  man's  scull 
At  Canterbury,  dig'd  out  of  the  ground, 
That  would  containe  of  wheat  three  bushels  full ; 
And  that  in  Kent  are  twenty  yeomen  found, 


4  Isham  '  so  smooth.'     Gr 


5  That  is,  Crassus's  lies.    G. 


36  EP1GRAMMES. 


Of  which  the  poorest  euery  yeare  dispends, 
Fiue  thousand  pounds  :  these  and  flue  thousand  mo, 
So  oft  he  hath  recited  to  his  friends, 
That  now  himselfe  perswades  himselfe  'tis  so. 
But  why  doth  Crassus  tell  his  lyes  so  rife, 
Of  Bridges,  Townes,  and  things  that  haue  no  life  ? 
He  is  a  Lawyer,  and  doth  well  espie, 
That  for  such  lyes  an  Action  will  not  lye. 

In  Philonem.     38. 
Philo  the  Lawyer6  and  the  Fortune-teller ; 
The  Schoole-master,  the  Midwife,  and  the  Bawd, 
The  conjurer,  the  buyer,  and  the  seller 
Of  painting,  which  with  breathing  will  be  thaw'd, 
Doth  practise  Physicke  ;  and  his  credit  growes, 
As  doth  the  Ballad-singer's  auditory,7 
Which  hath  at  Temple-barre  his  standing  chose, 
And  to  the  vulgar  sings  an  Ale-house  story  : 
First  stands  a  Porter ;  then  an  Oyster- wife 
Doth  stint  her  cry,  and  stay  her  steps  to  heare  him ; 


8  Isham  '  Gentleman.'     G. 

7  See  our  Memorial-Introduction  with  reference  to  Wordsworth's 
splendid  filling  up  of  this  earlier  sketch.     G. 


EP1GRAMMES. 


37 


Then  comes  a  Cut-purse  ready  with  a8  knife, 
And  then  a  Countrey  clyent  passeth  neare  him  • 
There  stands  the  Constable,  there  stands  the  whore, 
And,  listening9  to  the  song,  heed1  not  each  other ; 
There  by  the  Serjeant  stands  the  debitor,2 
And  doth  no  more  mistrust  him  then  his  brother : 
Thus  Orpheus  to  such  hearers  giueth  musick, 
And  Philo  to  such  patients  giueth  physick. 

In  Fuscum.     39. 
Fuscus  is  free,  and  hath  the  world  at  will ; 
Yet  in  the  course  of  life  that  he  doth  lead, 
He's  like  a  horse  which,  turning  round  a  mill, 
Doth  always  in  the  self-same  circle  tread  : 
First,  he  doth  rise  at  ten ;  and  at  eleuen 
He  goes  to  Gyls,3  where  he  doth  eate  till  one ; 
Then  sees  a  Play  till  sixe,  and  sups  at  seven ; 
And  after  supper,  straight  to  bed  is  gone ; 
And  there  till  ten  next  day  he  doth  remaine, 
And  then  he  dines,  and4  sees  a  Comedy ; 


8  Isham  '  his.'     G.  9  Isham  '  hearkening.'     G. 

1  1  st  edition  and  Isham,  '  marke.'  G.    2  Isham  'debter  poore.'  G. 
3  No  doubt  some  Ordinary  near  St.  Giles,  Cripplegate.     Isham 
1  Gilles.'    G.         4  Isham  '  then.'    G. 


38  EPIGRAMMES. 

And  then  he  suppes,  and  goes  to  bed  againe  : 

Thus  round  he  runs  without  variety, 

Saue  that  sometimes  he  comes  not  to  the  Play, 
But  falls  into  a  whore-house  by  the  way. 

In  Afram.     40. 
The  smell-feast  Afer,  trauailes  to  the  Burse5 
Twice  euery  day,  the  newest6  newes  to  heare ; 
Which,  when  he  hath  no  money  in  his  purse, 
To  rich  mens  tables  he  doth  often  beare  : 
He  tells  how  Gronigen7  is  taken  in,8 
By  the  braue  conduct  of  illustrious  Vere,9 
And  how  the  Spanish  forces  Brest  would  win, 
But  that  they  doe  victorious  Norris  feare. 
No  sooner  is  a  ship  at  sea  surpris'd, 
But  straight  he  learnes  the  news,  and  doth  disclose  it 


5  Bourse,  =  Exchange.  G.  6  1st  edition  and  Isham  and  MS. 

'  flying.'     G.  7  Groningen.     G. 

8  Conquered  and  added  to  or  '  taken  in  '  with  other  conquests.    G. 

9  To  the  truly  '  illustrious  '  Vere — one  of  the  noblest  of  England's 
earlier  generals — Dr.  Richard  Sibbes  dedicated  his  '  Soul's  Con- 
flict '  in  very  loving  words  to  him  and  his  Lady.  See  my  edition  of 
Sibbes  in  loco.     G. 


EPIGRAMMES.  39 

No  sooner  hath  the  Turk  a  plot  deuis'd 

To  conquer1  Christendom,  but  straight  he  knows  it  :2 

Faire  written  in  a  scrowle  he  hath  the  names 

Of  all  the  widdows  which  the  Plague  hath  made ; 

And  persons,  times,  and  places  still  he  frames, 

To  euery  tale,  the  better  to  perswade  : 

We  call  him  Fame,  for  that  the  wide-mouth  slaue 

Will  eate  as  fast  as  he  will  utter  lies ; 

For  Fame  is  said  an  hundred  mouths  to  haue, 
And  he  eates  more  than  would  flue  score  suffice. 

In  Paulum.     41. 

By  lawfull  mart,  and  by  unlawfull  stealth, 

Paulus  in  spite  of  enuy,  fortunate, 

Deriues  out  of  the  Ocean  so  much  wealth, 

As  he  may  well  maintaine  a  lord's  estate  ; 
But  on  the  land  a  little  gulfe  there  is, 
Wherein  he  drowneth  all  the  wealth  of  his. 


1  Isham  once  more  badly  '  conquerie.'     G. 

2  This  couplet  is  given  by  Mr.  Dyce  from  the  MS. :  the  Isham  has 
it.     G. 


40  EPIGRAMMES. 


In  Licum.     42. 
Lycus,  which  lately3  is  to  Venice  gone, 
Shall  if  he  doe  returne,  gaine  three  for  one  : i 
But  ten  to  one,  his  knowledge  and  his  wit 
Will  not  be  bettered  or  increas'd  a  whit. 

In  Publium.     43. 
Publius  [a]  student  at  the  Common-law, 
Oft  leaves  his  Bookes,  and  for  his  recreation, 
To  Paris-garden5  doth  himselfe  withdrawe  ; 


3  Recently  :  the  MS.  reads  '  that  is  of  late.'     G. 

4  In  our  author's  days,  it  was  a  common  practice  for  persons,  be- 
fore setting  out  on  their  travels,  to  deposit  a  sum  of  money,  on  con- 
dition of  receiving  large  interest  for  it  on  their  return :  if  they  never 
returned,  the  deposit  was  forfeited.  Innumerable  allusions  to  •  put- 
ters out '  occur  in  the  works  published  during  the  reigns  of  Eiizabeth 
and  James.     D. 

5  That  is,  to  the  Bear-Garden  on  the  Bank-side,  Southwark.  D. 
[Near  the  Globe  Theatre :  referred  to  as  Palace  garden  by  Hutton, 
as  before.  Isham  reads  badly  '  parish.'  The  Theatre  at  Paris 
Garden  stood  almost  exactly  at  what  is  now  the  Surrey  starting  place 
of  Blackfriars  Bridge.  In  1632  Donald  Lupton  in  his  London  and 
the  Country  Carbonadoed  says  of  it,  "  Here  come  few  that  either 
regard  their  credit  or  loss  of  time ;  the  swaggering  Roarer ;  the 
amusing  Cheater;  the  swearing  Drunkard  ;  and  the  bloody  Butcher 
have  their  rendezvous  here,  and  are  of  the  chiefe  place  and  respect." 
(Col.  Cunningham's  Marlowe,  p.  365).     G. 


EPIGRAMMES.  41 


Where  he  is  rauisht  with  such  delectation, 
As  downe  among6  the  beares  and  dogges  he  goes  ; 
Where,  whilst  he  skipping  cries  "  to  head  to  head," 
His  satten  doublet  and  his  veluet  hose7 
Are  all  with  spittle  from  aboue  be-spread  : 
When  he  is  like  his  father's  countrey  Hall,8 
Stinking  with  dogges,  and  muted9  all  with  haukes  ; 
And  rightly  too  on  him  this  filth  doth  fall, 
Which  for  such  filthy  sports  his  bookes  forsakes  ; 1 
Leaving  old  Ployden,2  Dyer,  Brooke  alone, 
To  see  old  Harry  Hunkes,  and  Sacarson.3 

In  Sillam.     44. 
When  I  this  proposition  had  defended, 
"A  coward  cannot  be  an  honest  man," 
Thou  Silla,  seem'st  forthwith  to  be  offended, 
And  holds  the  contrary,  and  sweares  he  can  ; 


6  Isham  '  amongst  the  dogges  and  beares.'  G.        7  Breeches.     G. 

8  Misprinted  '  countrey   shall '  :      Q.u — country-Hall,   as    above  ? 
Isham  '  country  Hall.'     G.  1  Dunged.     D. 

9  Isham  badly  ■  forsake.'     G.  3  Plowden.     D. 

2  Harry  Hunkes  and  Sacarson  were  two  bears  at  Paris-garden  : 
the  latter  was  the  more  famous,  and  is  mentioned  by  Shakespeare 
in  The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  Act  I.,  sc.  1  .D.  Isham  '  Saker- 
sone.'     G. 


42  EPIGRAMMES. 


But  when  I  tell  thee  that  he  will  forsake 

His  dearest  friend,  in  perill  of  his  life  ; 

Thou  then  art  chang'd,  and  sayst  thou  didst  mistake, 

And  so  we  end  our  argument  and  strife  : 
Yet  I  think  oft,  and  thinke  I  thinke  aright, 
Thy  argument  argues  thou  wilt  not  fight. 

In  Dacum.4     45. 
Dacus  with  some  good  colour  and  pretence, 
Tearmes  his  love's  beauty  "silent  eloquence  :" 
For  she  doth  lay  more  colour  on  her  face 
Than  ever  Tully  us'd  his  speech  to  grace. 


4  Daniel,  I  believe:  [Malone's  Manuscript  note  in  Bodlean  copy. 
See  Epigram  30.  G. ]  Mr.  Dyce  adds  here,  "I  am  sorry 
to  believe  that  by  Dacus  (who  is  spoken  of  with  great  contempt  in 
Epigram  xxx.)  our  author  means  Samuel  Daniel :  but  the  following 
lines  in  that  very  pleasing  writer's  Complaint  of  Rosamond  (which 
was  first  printed  in  1592)  certainly  would  seem  to  be  alluded  to  here, 

"  Ah  beauty  syren,  faire  enchanting  good, 
Sweet,  silent  rhetorique  of  perswading  eyes, 
Dumb  eloquence,  whose  power  doth  moue  the  blood 
More  then  the  words  or  wisdom  of  the  wise,  &c. 

161 1,  p.  39, — Daniel's  Certaine  Small  Works,  &c.    161 1.")     G. 


EPIGRAMMES.  43 


In  Marcum.     46. 
Why  dost  thou,  Marcus,  in  thy  misery, 
Raile  and  blaspheame,  and  call  the  heauens  unkind  ? 
The  heauens  doe  owe  no  kindnesse  unto  thee, 
Thou  hast  the  heauens  so  little  in  thy  minde ; 

For  in  thy  life  thou  neuer  usest  prayer 

But  at  primero,  to  encounter  faire. 

Meditations  of  a  Gull.     47. 
See,  yonder  melancholy  gentleman, 
Which,  hood-wink'd  with  his  hat,  alone  doth  sit  ! 
Thinke  what  he  thinks,  and  tell  me  if  you  can, 
What  great  affaires  troubles  his  little  wit. 
He  thinks  not  of  the  warre  'twixt  France  and  Spaine, 
Whether  it  be  for  Europe's  good  or  ill, 
Nor  whether  the  Empire  can  itselfe  maintaine 
Against  the  Turkish  power  encroaching  still ; 
Nor  what  great  towne  in  all  the  Netherlands, 
The  States  determine  to  beseige  this  Spring ; 
Nor  how  the  Scottish  policy  now  stands, 
Nor  what  becomes  of  the  Irish  mutining. 
But  he  doth  seriously  bethinke  him  whether 
Of  the  gull'd  people  he  be  more  esteem'd 
For  his  long  cloake  or  for  his  great  black  feather, 


44  EPIGRAMMES. 


By  which  each  gull  is  now  a  gallant  deem'd  ; 

Or  of  a  journey  he  deliberates, 

To  Paris-garden,5  Cock-pit  or  the  Play  ; 

Or  how  to  steale  a  dog  he  meditates, 

Or  what  he  shall  unto  his  mistriss  say  : 

Yet  with  these  thoughts  he  thinks  himself  most  fit 
To  be  of  counsell  with  a  king  for  wit. 

Ad  Musam.     48. 
Peace,6  idle  Muse,  haue  done  !  for  it  is  time, 
Since  lousie  Ponticus  enuies  my  fame, 
And  sweares  the  better  sort  are  much  to  blame 
To  make  me  so  well  knowne  for  my7  ill  rime  : 
Yet  Bankes  his  horse,8  is  better  knowne  then  he. 
So  are  the  Cammels  and  the  westerne  hogge,9 
And  so  is  Lepidus  his  printed  Dog  •} 


*  See  note  on  this  under  Epigram  43.   G. 

6  Isham  '  Pease.'     G.  '   Isham  '  so.'     G. 

8  See  note  on  this  under  Epigram  30.   G. 

9  Isham  corrects  '  Hay  '  here  with  '  hogge.'     G. 

1  That  is  '  Lepidus's  printed  dog.'  The  following  epigram  by  Sir 
John  Harington  determines  that  he  is  the  Lepidus  of  this  passage, 
and  that  his  favourite  dog  Bungey  is  the  "  printed  dog."  In  a  com- 
partment of  the  engraved  title-page  to  Harington's  Orlando  Furioso, 


EPIGRAMMES.  45 


Why  doth  not  Ponticus  their  fames  enuie  ? 
Besides,  this  Muse  of  mine,  and  the  blacke  feather 


1 59 1,  is  a  representation  of  Bungey  (see  too  the  Annotations  on 
Book  xli.  of  that  poem) ;  and  hence  he  is  termed  by  Davies  the 
"  printed  dog." 

"AGAINST  MOMUS,  IN  PRAISE  OF  HIS  DOG 
BUNGEY." 

Because  a  witty  writer  of  this  time 

Doth  make  some  mention  in  a  pleasant  rime 

Of  Lepidus  and  of  his  famous  dog, 

Thou,  Momus,  that  dost  loue  to  scoffe  and  cog, 

Prat'st  amongst  base  companions,  and  giv'st  out 

That  unto  me  herein  is  meant  a  flout. 

Hate  makes  thee  blind,  Momus :  I  dare  be  sworn, 

He  meant  to  me  his  loue,  to  thee  his  scorn. 

Put  on  thy  envious  spectacles,  and  see 

Whom  doth  he  scorn  therein,  the  dog  or  me  ? 

The  dog  is  grac'd,  compared  with  great  Banks, 

Both  beasts  right  famous  for  their  pretty  pranks  ; 

Although  in  this  I  grant  the  dog  was  worse, 

He  only  fed  my  pleasure,  not  my  purse  : 

Yet  that  same  dog,  I  may  say  this  and  boast  it, 

He  found  my  purse  with  gold  when  I  haue  [had]  lost  it. 

Now  for  myself :  some  fooles  (like  thee)  may  j  udge 

That  at  the  name  of  Lepidus  I  grudge : 

No  sure ;  so  far  I  think  it  from  disgrace, 

I  wisht  it  cleare  to  me  and  to  my  race. 

Lepus,  or  Lepos,  I  in  both  haue  part ; 

That  in  my  name  I  beare,  this  in  mine  heart. 


46  EPIGRAMMES. 


Grew  both  together  fresh2  in  estimation  : 
And  both  growne  stale,  were  cast  away  together  : 
What  fame  is  this  that  scarce  lasts3  out  a  fashion? 
Onely  this  last  in  credit  doth  remaine, 
That  from  henceforth,  each  bastard  cast-forth  rime, 
Which  doth  but  savour  of  a  libell  vaine, 
Shall  call  me  father,  and  be  thought  my  crime ; 
So  dull,  and  with  so  little  sence  endu'd, 
Is  my  grose-headed  Judge,  the  multitude. 


But  Momus,  I  perswade  myself  that  no  man 
Will  deigne  thee  such  a  name,  English  or  Roman. 
He  wage  a  but  of  Sack,  the  best  in  Bristo, 
Who  cals  me  Lepid,  I  will  call  him  Tristo." 
Epigrams,  Book  iii.  Ep.  21.  edition  folio.     D. 

2  In  other  editions  as  Isham,  but  dropped  out  inadvertently  from 
our  text.     G.  3  Isham  badly  '  last.'     G. 


JFini&    I.  D. 


47 


Appendix  to  Epigrams  : 

(FROM  THE  HARLEIAN  MSS.  1836.) 

As  explained  in  the  Note,  page  6  ante,  I  have  gleaned 
a  few  additions  to  these  Epigrams.  At  close  of  those  of 
Hutton, — in  the  MS.  marked  60  and  in  Hutton's  own 
volume  56, — on  folio  15^  is  the  word  '  finis.'  Immediately 
under  this,  the  MS.  is  continued  in  the  same  handwriting 
on  to  folio  19,  whereon  'finis'  is  again  placed:  and  on 
folios  19 and  20  Lines  'of  Tobacco  '  with  'finis '  once  more. 
These  Lines  on  '  Tobacco '  are  curious  :  and  somewhat  re- 
semble those  on  '  Moly '  given  in  the  Hitherto  Unpublished 
Poems  of  Davies,  onward.     G. 

1.     In  Superbiam.     Epi.  4. 
I  tooke  the  wall,  one  thrust  me  rudely  by, 
And  tould  me  the  King's  way  did  open  lye. 
I  thankt  him  yl  he  did  me  so  much  grace, 
to  take  the  worse,  leave  me  the  better  place ; 
For  if  by  th'  owners  wee  esteeme  of  things, 
the  wall's  the  subjects,  but  the  way's  the  King's. 


48  APPENDIX  TO  EPIGRAMS. 


2.  Epi.   5. 
NIX  r        SNOW 

IX  J  9 

CORNIX      (     A  CROW. 

NIX  : .     I  that  the  Winter's  daughter  am 
whilst  thus  my  letters  stand, 
Am  whiter  then  the  plumbe1  of  swan 
or  any  ladye's  hand  \ 

IX  : .        Take  but  away  my  letter  first, 
and  then  I  doe  encline 
That  stood  before  for  milke  white  snowe 
to  be  the  figure  nine. 
And  if  that  further  you  desire 
by  change  to  doe  som  trickes, 
As  blacke  as  any  bird  I  am. 

CORNIX  :  by  adding  COR  to  NIX. 

3.  Epi.  6. 

Health  is  a  Jewell  true,  which  when  we  buy 
Physitians  value  it  accordingly. 

4.     In  Amorosum.     Epi.  7. 
A  wife  you  wisht  me  (sir)  rich,  faire  and  young 
with  French,  Italian,  and  the  Spanish  tongue  : 

1  =plumage.     G. 


APPENDIX  TO  EPIGRAMS.  49 

I  must  confesse  yor  kindnesse  verie  much 
but  yet  in  truth,  Sir,  I  deserve  none  such, 
for  when  I  wed — as  yet  I  meane  to  tarry — 
A  woman  of  one  language  i'le  but  marry, 
and  with  that  little  portion  of  her  store, 
expect  such  plenty,  I  would  wish  no  more. 

5.  Epi.  9. 
Westminster  is  a  mill  that  grinds  all  causes, 
but  grinde  his  cause  for  mee  there,  he  yt  list : 
For  by  demures  and  errours,  stayes  and  clauses, 
the  tole  is  oft  made  greater  then  the  grist. 

6.  Epi.  10. 

He  that  doth  aske  St.  James  they  [?]  say,  shall  speed  : 
O  y*  Kinge  James  would  answere  to  my  need. 


VOL.  II.  E 


V.     GULLINGE  SONNETS. 


53 


NOTE. 

These  '  Gullinge  Sonnets '  were  first  printed  in  my  re- 
production of  the  Dr.  Farmer  MS.  for  the  Chetham  Society 
(2  vols.  4to.,  1873)  in  Part  I.  pp.  76-81.  There  seems  no 
question  that  these  Sonnets  belong  to  Sir  John  Davies. 
Besides  the  "J.  D."  and  "Mr.  Dauyes"  of  the  MS., 
his  most  marked  turns  of  thought  and  epithet  are  readily 
discernible  in  them.  See  critical  remarks  on  them  and 
their  probable  motif  in  Memorial-Introduction. 

The  Sir  Anthony  Cooke  to  whom  these  Sonnets  are 
dedicated  descended  from  the  Sir  Anthony  who  was  Pre- 
ceptor to  King  Edward  VI.,  and  for  Letters  from  whom 
whoso  cares  may  consult  the  "  Reformation "  corres- 
pondence of  the  Parker  Society.  His  daughter  Mildred 
was  second  wife  of  Lord  Burleigh,  and  his  daughter  Anne 
was  mother  of  the  Bacon.  His  son  and  heir,  Richard 
Cooke,  died  in  1579,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Anthony 
(this  Sir  Anthony),  who  was  knighted  in  1596  by  the  Earl 
of  Essex  at  the  sacking  of  Cadiz.  He  was  buried  at 
Romford,  Essex,  on  the  28th  December,  1604.     G. 


55 


[3DcDtcatorp  SontutJ 


TO  HIS  GOOD  FREINDE  SR  ANTH. 

COOKE. 


TJ  ERE  my  Camelion  Muse  her  selfe  doth  chaunge 

to  diuers  shapes  of  gross  absurdities, 
and  like  an  Antick1  mocks  wth  fashion  straunge 
the  fond2  admirers  of  lewde  gulleries. 
Your  iudgement  sees  wth  pitty,  and  wth  scorne 
The  bastard  Sonnetts  of  these  Rymers  bace, 
Wch  in  this  whiskinge  age  are  daily  borne 
To  their  own  shames,  and  Poetrie's  disgrace. 
Yet  some  praise  those  and  some  perhappes  will  praise 
euen  these  of  myne  :  and  therefore  thes  I  send 
to  you  that  pass  in  Courte  yor  glorious  dayes  ; 
Yl  if  some  rich  rash  gull  these  Rimes  commend 
Thus  you  may  sett  this  formall  witt  to  schoole, 
Vse  yor  owne  grace,  and  begg  him  for  a  foole. 

J.   D. 

!=  motley-dressed  jester  or  fool.     G.         ":   =  foolish.     G. 


57 


Gullinge  Sonnets. 

i  n^HE  Louer  Vnder  burthen  of  his  Mris  love 
Wch  lyke  to  Mirva,  did  his  harte  oppreffe : 
did  giue  fuch  piteous  grones  yl  he  did  moue 
the  heau'nes  at  length  to  pitty  his  diftreffe 
but  for  the  fates  in  theire  highe  Courte  aboue 
forbad  to  make  the  greuous  burthen  leffe. 
the  gracous  powers  did  all  confpire  to  proue 
Yf  miracle  this  mifcheife  mighte  redreffe ; 
therefore  regardinge  yl  ye  loade  was  fuch 
as  noe  man  mighte  wth  one  man's  mighte  fuftayne 
and  yl  mylde  patience3  imported  much 
to  him  that  mold  indure  an  endles  payne  : 
By  there  decree  he  foone  transformed  was 
into  a  patiente  burden-bearinge  Affe. 

2  As  when  ye  brighte  Cerulian  firmament 
hathe  not  his  glory  wth  black  cloudes  defas'te, 


3  A  trisyllable.     G. 


58  GULLINGE  SONNETS. 


Soe  were  my  thoughts  voyde  of  all  difcontent ; 

and  wth  noe  myfte  of  paffions  ouercaft 

they  all  were  pure  and  cleare,  till  at  the  lafl 

an  ydle  careles  thoughte  forthe  wandringe  wente 

and  of  yr  poyfonous  beauty  tooke  a  tafle 

Wch  doe  the  harts  of  louers  fo  torment : 

then  as  it  chauncethe  in  a  flock  of  fheepe 

when  fome  contagious  yll  breedes  firft  in  one 

daylie  it  fpreedes  &  fecretly  doth  creepe 

till  all  the  filly  troupe  be  ouergone. 

So  by  clofe  neighbourhood  wth  in  my  brefl 

one  fcuruy  thoughte  infecteth  all  the  reft. 

3  What  Eagle  can  behould  her  funbrighte  eye, 
her  funbrighte  eye  yl  lights  the  world  wth  loue, 
the  world  of  Loue  wherein  I  liue  and  dye, 
I  liue  and  dye  and  diuers  chaunges  proue, 
I  chaunges  proue,  yet  ftill  the  fame  am  I, 
the  fame  am  I  and  neuer  will  remoue, 
neuer  remoue  vntill  my  foule  dothe  flye, 
my  foule  dothe  fly,  and  I  furceafe  to  moue, 
I  ceafe  to  moue  w0*1  now  am  mou'd  by  you, 
am  mou'd  by  you  yt  moue  all  mortall  hartes, 
all  mortall  hartes  whofe  eyes  yor  eyes  doth  veiwe, 
Yor  eyes  doth  veiwe  whence  Cupid  fhoots  his  darts, 


GV  LUNGE  SONNETS. 


59 


whence  Cupid  fhootes  his  dartes  and  woundeth  thofe 
that  honor  you  and  neuer  weare4  his  foes. 

4  The  hardnes  of  her  harte  and  truth  of  myne 
when  the  all  feeinge  eyes  of  heauen  did  fee 
they  ftreight  concluded  yfc  by  powre  devine 
to  other  formes  our  hartes  fhould  turned  be. 
then  hers  as  hard  as  flynte,  a  Flynte  became 
and  myne  as  true  as  fteele,  to  fteele  was  turned, 
and  then  betwene  or  hartes  fprange  forthe  the  flame 
of  kindeft  loue,  wch  vnextinguifh'd  burned  ; 

And  longe  the  facred  lampe  of  mutuall  loue 
inceffantlie  did  burne  in  glory  brighte  ; 
Vntill  my  folly  did  her  fury  moue 
to  recompence  my  feruice  wth  defpighte, 
and  to  put  out  wth  fnuffers  of  her  pride 
the  lampe  of  loue  wch  els  had  neuer  dyed. 

5  Myne  Eye,  mine  eare,  my  will,  my  witt,  my  harte 
did  fee,  did  heare,  did  like,  difceme,  did  loue  : 
her  face,  her  fpeche,  her  fafhion,  iudgem1,  arte, 

wch  did  charme,  pleafe,  delighte,  confounde  and  moue. 
Then  fancie,  humor,  loue,  conceipte,  and  thoughte 
did  foe  drawe,  force,  intyfe,  perfwade,  deuife, 


4  =were. 


G. 


6o  GULLINGE  SONNETS. 


that  fhe  was  wonne,  mou'd,  caryed,  compaft,  wrought 
to  thinck  me  kinde,  true,  comelie,  valyant,  wife  ; 
that  heauen,  earth,  hell,  my  folly  and  her  pride 
did  worke,  contriue,  labor,  confpire  and  fweare 
to  make  me  fcorn'd,  vile,  caft  of,  bace,  defyed 
Wth  her  my  loue,  my  lighte,  my  life,  my  deare  : 
So  that  my  harte,  my  witt,  will,  eare,  and  eye 
doth  greiue,  lament,  sorrowe,  difpaire  and  dye. 

6  The  facred  Mufe  that  firfte  made  loue  deuine 
hath  made  him  naked  and  wthout  attyre, 
but  I  will  cloth  him  wth  this  penn  of  myne 
that  all  the  world  his  falhion  fhall  admyre. 
his  hatt  of  hope,  his  bande  of  beautye  fine, 
his  cloake  of  crafte,  his  doblett  of  defyre, 
greife  for  a  girdell,  mail  aboute  him  twyne, 
his  pointes  of  pride,  his  Ilet  holes  of  yre, 
his  hofe  of  hate,  his  Cod  peece  of  conceite, 
his  flockings  of  flerne  flrife,  his  fhirte  of  fhame, 
his  garters  of  vaine  glorie  gaye  and  flyte ; 
his  pantofels  of  paffions  I  will  frame, 
pumpes5  of  prefumption  fhall  adorne  his  feete 
and  Socks  of  fullennes  excedinge  fweete. 


5     


slipper-shoes.      G. 


GULLINGE  SONNETS. 


61 


7  Into  the  midle  Temple  of  my  harte 
the  wanton  Cupid  did  himfelfe  admitt 
and  gaue  for  pledge  yor  Eagle-fighted  witt 
Yl  he  wold  play  noe  rude  vncivill  parte  : 
Longe  tyme  he  cloak'te  his  nature  wth  his  arte 
and  fadd  and  graue  and  fober  he  did  fitt, 

but  at  the  lafl  he  gan  to  reuell  it, 

to  breake  good  rules,  and  orders  to  peruerte  : 

Then  loue  and  his  younge  pledge  were  both  conuented 

before  fadd6  Reafon,  that  old  Bencher  graue, 

who  this  fadd  fentence  vnto  him  prefented 

by  dilligence,  y*  flye  and  fecreate  knaue 

That  loue  and  witt,  for  euer  fhold  departe 

out  of  the  midle  Temple  of  my  harte. 

8  My  cafe  is  this,  I  loue  Zepheria  brighte, 
Of  her  I  hold  my  harte  by  fealtye  : 
Wch  I  difcharge  to  her  perpetuallye, 
Yet  fhe  thereof  will  neuer  me  accquite. 
for  now  fuppofmge  I  wth  hold  her  righte 
fhe  hathe  diftreinde  my  harte  to  fatisfie 


serious  ;    and  so  '  sadly  '= seriously,  e.  g.  Skelton 
"  I  have  not  offended,  I  trust, 
If  it  be  sadly  discust."     G. 


62  GULL1NGE  SONNETS. 


the  duty  wch  I  neuer  did  denye, 

and  far  away  impounds  it  wth  defpite  ; 

I  labor  therefore  iuftlie  to  repleaue7 

my  harte  wch  me  vniuftly  doth  impounde 

but  quick  conceite  wch  nowe  is  loue's  highe  Sheife 

retornes  it  as  efloynde,  not  to  be  founde : 

Then  \v°h  the  lawe  affords  I  onely  craue 

her  harte  for  myne  in  wit  her  name  to  haue. 

9  To  Loue  my  lord  I  doe  knightes  feruice  owe 
and  therefore  nowe  he  hath  my  witt  in  warde, 
but  while  it  is  in  his  tuition  foe 
me  thincks  he  doth  intreate  it  paffinge  hard  ; 
for  thoughe  he  hathe  it  marryed  longe  agoe 
to  Vanytie,  a  wench  of  noe  regarde, 
and  nowe  to  full,  and  perfect  age  doth  growe, 
Yet  nowe  of  freedome  it  is  mod  debarde. 
But  why  mould  loue  after  minoritye 
when  I  am  pail  the  one  and  twentith  yeare 
perclude  my  witt  of  his  fweete  libertye, 
and  make  it  ftill  ye  yoake  of  wardfhippe  beare. 
I  feare  he  hath  an  other  Title  gott 
and  holds  my  witte  now  for  an  Ideott 

Mr  Dauyes. 


7  _ 


=  recover  (a  legal  term)      G. 


VI.     MINOR  POEMS. 


iilmor  poems* 

I.    Yet  other  Twelve  Wonders  of  the 

World* 

I.   The  Courtier. 
T    ONG  haue  I  liu'd  in  Court,  yet  learn'd  not  all  this 

while, 
To  sel  poore  sutors,  smoke  :  nor  where  I  hate,  to  smile  : 
Superiors  to  adore,  Inferiors  to  despise, 
To  flye  from  such  as  fall,  to  follow  such  as  rise ; 
To  cloake  a  poore  desire  vnder  a  rich  array, 
Not  to  aspire  by  vice,  though  twere  the  quicker  way. 

1  This  and  the  three  following,  are  from  the  celebrated  collection  of 
early  English  poetry  called  the  '  Poetical  Rhapsody '  by  Davison. 
Our  text  is  from  the  third  edition  (1621)  which  in  our  case  is  pre- 
ferable, as  having  presumably  been  revised  (in  his  contributions)  by 
Sir  John  :  It  is  to  be  noted  that  in  this  edition  the  original  simple 
I.  D.  is  in  the  second  poem  changed  to  Sir  I.  D.,  and  that  to  the 
third  his  name  is  given  in  full.  I  have  included  the  Hymn  on  Music, 
though  the  initials  I.  D.  have  been  assigned  to  Dr.  John  Donne  by 
Sir  Egerton  Brydges  and  others.  It  seems  to  me  that  as  (1)  I.  D.  is 
our  Poet's  designation  in  the  'Rhapsody'  throughout,  and  as  (2)  the 
VOL.  II.  F 


66  MINOR  POEMS. 


II.     The  Divine. 
My  calling  is  Diuine,  and  I  from  God  am  sent, 
I  will  no  chop-Church  be,  nor  pay  my  patron  rent, 
Nor  yeeld  to  sacriledge ;  but  like  the  kind  true  mother, 
Rather  will  loose  all  the  child,  then  part  it  with  another; 
Much  wealth,  I  will  not  seeke,  nor  worldly  masters  serue, 
So  to  grow  rich  and  fat,  while  my  poore  flock  doth  sterue. 


Lines  were  not  claimed  for  Donne  by  himself,  or  by  his  son  when  he 
collected  his  father's  Poems — we  are  warranted  in  assigning  them  to 
Sir  John  Davies.  Sir  Egerton  favours  their  Donne  authorship 
simply  because  "  they  seem  rather  to  partake  of  the  conceits  of  Donne 
than  of  the  simple  vigour  of  Davies  "  but  he  forgot  the  '  Hymnes 
to  Astraea  '  and  '  Orchestra  ' ;  which  are  in  the  same  vein.  It  is  to 
be  regretted  that  Sir  Nicholas  Harris  Nicolas  modernized  the  text  in 
his  reprint  of  the  'Rhapsody  '  :  (2  vols,  crown  8vo.  1826,  Pickering)  : 
and  perhaps  equally  so,  that  Mr.  Collier  in  his  careful  and  beautiful 
private  one,  has  selected  the  first  incomplete  edition.  The  following 
is  the  title-page  of  the  edition  of  the  '  Rhapsody '  used  by  us: 

DAVISONS 
POEMS, 

OR 

A  POETICALL  RAPSOD1E. 

Deuided  into  sixe  Bookes. 

The  first,  contayning  Poems  and  Deuises. 
The  second,  Sonets  and  Canzonets. 
The  third,  Pastor  alls  and  Elegies. 
The  fourth,  Madrigalls  and  Odes. 


MINOR  POEMS.  67 


III.     The  Soitldier. 
My  occupation  is,  the  noble  trade  of  Kings, 
The  tryall  that  decides  the  highest  right  of  things  : 
Though  Mars  my  master  be,  I  doe  not  Venus  loue. 
Nor  honour  Bacchus  oft,  nor  often  sweare  by  loue ; 
Of  speaking  of  my  selfe,  I  all  occasion  shunne, 
And  rather  loue  to  doe,  then  boast  what  I  haue  done. 

III.     The  Lawyer. 
The  Law  my  calling  is,  my  robe,  my  tongue,  my  pen, 
Wealth  and  opinion  gaine,  and  make  me  Iudge  of  men. 
The  knowne  dishonest  cause,  I  neuer  did  defend, 
Nor  spun  out  sutes  in  length,  but  wisht  and  sought  an  end 

The  fift,  Epigrams  and  Epitaphs. 
The  sixt,  Epistles  and  Epithalamions. 


For  variety  and  pleasure,  the  like  neuer 
published. 
The  Bee  and  Spider  by  a  diuers  power, 
Sucke  hony  and  poy son  from  the  selfe  same  Jlower. 

The  fourth  Impression, 
Newly  corrected  and  augmented,  and  put  into 
a  forme  more  pleasing  to  the  Reader. 
London, 
Printed  by  B.  A.  for  Roger  Iackson,  162 1  (small  120.)     See  our 
Preface  for  account  of  an  autograph  MS.  of  "Yet  other  Twelve  Won- 
ders of  the  World."     G. 


68  MINOR  POEMS. 


Nor  counsell  did  bewray,  nor  of  both  parties  take, 
Nor  euer  tooke  I  fee  for  which  I  neuer  spake. 

V.     The  Physition. 
I  study  to  vphold  the  slippery  state  of  man, 
Who  dies,  when  we  haue  done  the  best  and  all  we  can. 
From  practise  and  from  bookes,  I  draw  my  learned  skill, 
Not  from  the  knowne  receipt  of  Tothecaries  bill. 
The  earth  my  faults  doth  hide,2  the  world  my  cures  doth 

see, 
What  youth,  and  time  effects,  is  oft  ascribde  to  me. 

VI.     The  Merchant. 
My  trade  doth  euery  thing  to  euery  land  supply, 
Discouer  unknowne  coasts,  strange  Countries  to  ally ; 
I  neuer  did  forestall,  I  neuer  did  ingrosse, 
No  custome  did  withdraw,  though  I  return'd  with  losse. 
I  thriue  by  faire  exchange,  by  selling  and  by  buying, 
And  not  by  Iewish  vse,3  reprisall,  fraud,  or  lying. 


2  '  The  earth  my  faults  doth  hide.'  This  recalls  the  somewhat 
irate  remonstrance  of  a  bibulous  Sexton  under  the  reproaches  of  a 
medical  church-warden  at  a  parish-meeting:  "O  Sir,  you  are  the 
last  that  ever  I  expected  to  expose  me,  seeing  I  have  covered  up 
many  of  your  faults  "  (i.e.  in  the  graves  of  his  patients.)     G. 

3  =  usury.     G. 


MINOR  POEMS. 


69 


VII.     The  Country  Gentleman. 
Though  strange  outladish  spirits   praise   towns,  and 

country  scorn, 
The  country  is  my  home,  I  dwel  where  I  was  born  : 
There  profit  and  command  with  pleasure  I  pertake, 
Yet  do  not  Haukes  and  dogs,  my  sole  companions  make. 
I  rule,  but  not  oppresse,  end  quarrels,  not  maintaine ; 
See  towns,  but  dwel  not  there,  t'abridge  my  charg  or  train. 

VIII.  The  Bacheler. 

How  many  things  as  yet  are  deere  alike  to  me, 
The  field,  the  horse,  the  dog,  loue,  armes  or  liberty. 
I  haue  no  wife  as  yet,  whom  I  may  call  mine  owne, 
I  haue  no  children  yet,  that  by  my  name  are  knowne. 
Yet  if  I  married  were,  I  would  not  wish  to  thriue, 
If  that  I  could  not  tame  the  veriest  shrew  aliue. 

IX.  The  Married  Man. 

I  only  am  the  man,  among  all  married  men, 
That  do  not  wish  the  Priest,  to  be  unlinckt  agen. 
And  thogh  my  shoo  did  wring,4 1  wold  not  make  my  mone, 
Nor  think  my  neighbors  chance,  more  happy  then  mine 
own, 


=  pinch.      G. 


70  MINOR  POEMS. 


Yet  court  I  not  my  wife,  but  yeeld  obseruance  due, 
Being  neither  fond5  nor  crosse,  nor  iealous,  nor  vntrue. 

X.     The  Wife. 
The  first  of  all  our  Sex  came  from  the  side  of  man, 
I  thither  am  return'd,  from  whence  our  Sex  began  ; 
I  doe  not  visite  oft,  nor  many,  when  I  doe, 
I  tell  my  mind  to  few,  and  that  in  counsell  too : 
I  seeme  not  sick  in  health,  nor  sullen  but  in  sorrow, 
I  care  for  somewhat  else  of,  then  what  to  weare  to  morrow. 

XI.     The  Widdow. 
My  dying  6  husband  knew,  how  much  his  death  would 

grieue  me, 
And  therefore  left  me  wealth,  to  comfort  and  relieue  me. 
Though  I  no  more  will  haue,  I  must  not  loue  disdaine, 
Penelope  her  selfe  did  sutors  entertaine  ; 
And  yet  to  draw  on  such,  as  are  of  best  esteeme, 
Nor  yonger  then  I  am,  nor  richer  will  I  seeme. 

5  =  foolish.     G. 

6  In  Sir  Egerton  Brydges  edition  of  the  Rhapsody  this  line  stands 

"  My  dying  husband  knew,"  &c. 
an  interpolation  which,  though  perhaps  called  for  by  the  metre,  does 
not  appear  to  be  justified  by  either  of  the  four  editions  supposed  to 
have  been  printed  during  the  life-time  of  the  original  editor.  Nicolas. 
[True,  bat  as  it  is  found  in  an  autograph  MS.  of  the  poem,  it  is  in- 
serted.    See  our  Preface.    G.] 


MINOR  POEMS. 


7i 


XII.     The  Maid. 
I  marriage  would  forsweare,  but  that  I  heare  men  tell, 
That  she  that  dies  a  maid,  must  leade  an  Ape  in  Hell; 
Therefore  if  fortune  come,  I  will  not  mock  and  play, 
Nor  driue  the  bargaine  on,  till  it  be  driuen  away. 
Tithes  and  lands  I  like,  yet  rather  fancy  can, 
A  man  that  wanteth  gold,  then  gold  that  wants  a  man. 
(pp.  1—4.) 


72  MINOR  POEMS. 


II.     A  CONTENTION 

Betwixt  a  Wife,  a  Widdow,  and  a  Maide.1 

Wife.        WIddow,  well  met,  whether  goe  you  to  day  ? 
Will  you  not  to  this  solemne  offering  go  ? 
You  know  it  is  Astreas  holy  day  : 
The  Saint  to  whom  all  hearts  deuotion  owe. 

Widow.    Marry,  what  else  ?  I  purpos'd  so  to  doe  : 

Doe  you  not  marke  how  all  the  wiues  are  fine? 
And  how  they  haue  sent  presents  ready  too, 
To  make  their  offering  at  Astreas  shrine  ? 

See  then,  the  shrine  and  tapers  burning  bright, 
Come,  friend,  and  let  vs  first  ourselues  ad- 
vance, 

7  See  Introductory  Note  to  the  first  of  these  Minor  Poems,  ante. 
In  Mr.  Collier's  History  of  English  Dramatic  Poetry,  Vol.  I.  p.  323 
seqq.  interesting  details  are  given  of  an  Entertainment  to  the  Queen 
at  Sir  Robert  Cecil's  "  newe  house  in  the  Strand,"  at  which  she  was 
"  royally  entertained."  From  Extracts  from  a  Barrister's  Diary 
among  the  Harleian  MSS.  adduced  herein,  we  glean  a  notice  of  the 
present  Poem,  e.  g.  "  Sundry  devises  at  hir  entrance  :  three  women, 
a  maid,  a  widow  and  a  wife,  eache  contending  [for]  their  own 
states,  but  the  virgin  preferred."  In  Nichols'  Progs,  of  Elizabeth 
(iii.  601)  the  poem  is  also  ascribed  on  authority  of  John  Chamber- 


MINOR  POEMS. 


73 


Maide. 


We  know  our  place,  and  if  we  haue  our  right. 
To  all  the  parish  we  must  leade  the  dance. 

But  soft,  what  means  this  bold  presumptuous 

maid, 
To  goe  before,  without  respect  of  vs  ? 
Your  forwardnesse  (proude  maide)  must  now 

be  staide  : 
Where  learnd   you   to   neglect  your  betters 

thus? 

Elder  you  are,  but  not  my  betters  here, 
This  place  to  maids  a  priuiledge  must  giue  : 
The  Goddesse,  being  a  maid,  holds  maidens 

deare, 
And  grants  to  them  her  own  prerogatiue. 

Besides,  on  all  true  virgins,  at  their  birth. 
Nature  hath  set s  a  crowne  of  excellence, 


lain  to  Davies  (6th  December,  1602).  See  Letters  of  Chamberlain 
published  by  Camden  Society,  p.  169  :  December  23rd,  1602.  Miss 
Sarah  Williams,  in  her  careful  edition  of  Chamberlain's  Letters  for 
the  Camden  Society,  by  an  oversight,  has  annotated  this  reference  in 
loco  as  to  Davies  of  Hereford.  Chamberlain  calls  it  a  "  pretty  dia- 
logue." The  Barrister's  Diary  supra  [Manningham]  has  been 
edited  for  the  Camden  Society  by  the  late  lamented  Mr.  John 
Bruce  of  London.     G.  8  Misprinted  '  sent.'     G. 


74  MINOR  POEMS. 


That  all  the  wiues  and  widdowes  of  the  earth, 
Should  giue  them  place,  and  doe  them  reuer- 
ence? 

Wife.        If  to  be  borne  a  maid  be  such  a  grace, 
So  was  I  borne  and  grac't  by  nature  to, 
But  seeking  more  perfection  to  embrace 
I  did  become  a  wife  as  others  doe. 

Widow.  And  if  the  maid  and  wife  such  honour  have, 
I  haue  beene  both,  and  hold  a  third  degree. 
Most  maides  are  Wardes,  and  euery  wife  a 

slaue, 
I  haue  my  livery  sued,9  and  I  am  free. 

Maid.       That   is   the   fault,  that   you   haue  maidens 
beene, 
And  were  not  constant  to  continue  so  : 
The  fals  of  Angels  did  increase  their  sinne, 
In  that  they  did  so  pure  a  state  forgoe  : 

But  Wife  and  Widdow,  if  your  wits  can  make, 
Your  state  and  persons  of  more  worth  then 
mine, 

9  A  legal  phrase  =  freedom  or  liberty.      G. 


MINOR  POEMS. 


75 


Aduantage  to  this  place  I  will  not  take  ; 
I  will  both  place  and  priuilege  resigne. 

Wife.        Why  marriage  is  an  honourable  state. 
Widow.    And  widdow-hood  is  a  reuerend  degree  : 
Maid.       But  maidenhead,  that  will  admit  no  mate, 
Like  maiestie  itselfe  must  sacred  be. 

Wife.        The  wife  is  mistresse  of  her  family. 
Widow.    Much  more  the  widdow,  for  she  rules  alone  : 
Maid.       But  mistresse  of  mine  owne  desires  am  I, 

When  you  rule  others  wils  and  not  your  owne. 

Wife.        Onely  the  wife  enjoys  the  vertuous  pleasure. 
Widow.    The  widow  can  abstaine  from  pleasures  known  : 
Maid.       But    th'    vncorrupted    maid    preserues 1    such 
measure, 
As  being  by  pleasures  wooed  she  cares  for  none. 

Wife.       The  wife  is  like  a  faire  supported  vine. 
Widow.    So  was  the  widdow,  but  now  stands  alone  : 

For  being  growne  strong,  she  needs  not  to  in- 
cline. 
Maid.       Maids,  like  the  earth,  supported  are  of  none. 


1  Nicolas,  as  before,  has  '  observes.'     G. 


76 


MINOR  POEMS. 


Wife.        The  wife  is  as  a  Diamond  richly  set ; 
Maid.       The  maide  vnset  doth  yet  more  rich  appeare. 
Widow.    The  widdow  a  Iewel  in  the  Cabinet, 

Which  though  not  worn  is  stil  esteem'd  as  deare. 

Wife.        The  wife  doth  loue,  and  is  belou'd  againe. 
Widow.    The  widdow  is  awakt  out  of  that  dreame. 
Maid.       The  maids  white  minde  had  neuer  such  a  staine, 
No  passion  troubles  her  cleare  vertues  streame. 

Yet  if  I  would  be  lou'd,  lou'd  would  I  be, 
Like  her  whose  vertue  in  the  bay  is  seene  : 
Loue  to  wife  fades  with  satietie, 
Where  loue  neuer  enioyed  is  euer  greene. 

Widow.    Then  whats  a  virgin  but  a  fruitlesse  bay  ? 

Maid.       And  whats  a  widdow  but  a  rose-lesse  bryer  ? 

And  what  are  wiues,  but  woodbinds  which  decay 
The  stately  Oakes  by  which  themselues  aspire? 


And  what  is  marriage  but  a  tedious  yoke  ? 
Widow.    And  whats  virginitie  but  sweete  selfe-loue  ? 
Wife.        And  whats  a  widdow  but  an  axell  broke, 

Whose  one  part  failing,  neither  part  can  mooue? 


MINOR  POEMS. 


77 


Widow.    Wiues  are  as  birds  in  golden  cages  kept. 
Wife.        Yet  in  those  cages  chearefully  they  sing  : 
Widow.    Widdowes  are  birds  out  of  these  cages  lept, 
Whose  ioyfull  notes  makes  all  the  forrest  ring. 

Maid.       But  maides  are  birds  amidst  the  woods  secure, 
Which  neuer  had  could  touch,  nor  yet2  could  take; 
Nor  whistle  could  deceiue,  nor  baite  allure, 
But  free  vnto  themselues  doe  musicke  make. 

Wife.        The  wife  is  as  the  turtle  with  her  mate. 
Widow.    The  widdow,  as  the  widdow  doue  alone ; 

Whose  truth  shines  most  in  her  forsaken  state. 
Maid.       The  maid  a  Phoenix,  and  is  still  but  one. 

Wife.        The  wifes  a  soule  vnto  her  body  tyed. 
Widow.    The  widdow  a  soule  departed  into  blisse. 
Maid.       The  maid,  an  Angell,  which  was  stellified, 
And  now  t'  as  faire  a  house  descended  is. 

Wife.        Wiues  are  faire  houses  kept  and  furnisht  well. 
Widoiv.    Widdowes  old  castles  voide,  but  full  of  state  : 
Maid.       But  maids  are  temples  where  the  Gods  do  dwell, 
To  whom  alone  themselues  they  dedicate. 


5  Nicolas,  as  before,  reads  '  net.'     G. 


78 


MINOR  POEMS. 


Wife. 


But  marriage  is  a  prison  during  life, 
Where  one  way  out,  but  many  entries  be  : 
The  Nun  is  kept  in  cloyster,  not  the  wife, 
Wedlocke  alone  doth  make  the  virgin  free. 


Maid.       The  maid  is  ever  fresh,  like  morne  in  May  : 
Wife.        The  wife  with  all  her  beames  is  beautified, 
Like  to  high  noone,  the  glory  of  the  day : 
Widow.    The  widow,  like  a  milde,  sweet,  euen-tide. 

Wife.        An  office  well  supplide  is  like  the  wife. 
Widow.    The  widow,  like  a  gainfull  office  voide  : 
Maid.       But  maids  are  like  contentment  in  this  life, 

Which  al  the  world  haue    sought,  but  none 
enioid  : 


Go  wife  to  Dunmow,  and  demaund  your  flitch. 
Widow.    Goe  gentle  maide,  goe  leade  the  Apes  in  hell. 
Wife.        Goe  widow  make  some  younger  brother  rich, 

And  then  take  thought  and  die,  and  all  is  well. 

Alas  poore  maid,  that  hast  no  help  nor  stay. 
Widow.  Alas  poore  wife,  that  nothing  dost  possesse ; 
Maid.       Alas  poore  widdow,  charitie  doth  say, 

Pittie  the  widow  and  the  fatherlesse. 


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79 


Widow.    But  happy  widdowes  haue  the  world  at  will. 
Wife.        But  happier  wiues,  whose  ioys  are  euer  double. 
Maid.       But  happiest  maids  whose  hearts  are  calme  and 

still, 
Whom  feare,  nor  hope,  nor  loue,  nor  hate  doth 

trouble. 

Wife.        Euery  true  wife  hath  an  indented3  heart, 
Wherein  the  covenants  of  loue  are  writ, 
Whereof  her  husband  keepes  the  counterpart, 
And  reads  his  comforts  and  his  ioyes  in  it. 

Widow.    But  euery  widdowes  heart  is  like  a  booke, 

Where  her  ioyes  past,  imprinted  doe  remaine, 
But   when   her   iudgements   eye   therein    doth 

looke ; 
She  doth  not  wish  they  were  to  come  againe. 

Maid.       But  the  maids  heart  a  faire  white  table  is, 

Spotlesse  and  pure,  where  no  impressions  be 
But  the  immortal  Caracters  of  blisse, 
Which  onely  God  doth  write,  and  Angels  see. 


3  The  reference  is  to  the  wavy  or  vandyked  cutting  of  the  vellum 
MS.  whereby  the  one  copy  fits  into  the  other.     Recently  two  very 
ancient  MSS.  were  thus  unexpectedly  brought  together  in   H.  M 
Public  Record  Office.     G. 


So 


MINOR  POEMS. 


Wife.        But  wiues  haue  children,  what  a  ioy  is  this  ? 
Widow.    Widows  haue  children  too,  but  maids  haue  none. 
Maid.       No  more  haue  Angels,  yet  they  haue  more  blisse 
Then  euer  yet  to  mortall  man  was  knowne. 

Wife.        The  wife  is  like  a  faire  manured4  field  ; 
Widow.    The  widow  once  was  such,  but  now  doth  rest. 
Maid.       The  maide,  like  Paradice,  vndrest,  vntiPd, 
Beares  crops  of  natiue  vertue  in  her  breast. 

Wife.        Who  would  not  dye  as  wife,  as  Lucrece  died  ? 
Widoiv.    Or  Hue  a  widdow,  as  Penelope  ? 
Maid.       Or  be  a  maide,  and  so  be  stellified,5 
As  all  the  vertues  and  the  graces  be. 

Wife.        Wiues  are  warme  Climates  well  inhabited ; 

But  maids  are  frozen  zones  where  none  may 
dwel. 
Maid.       But  fairest  people  in  the  North  are  bred, 

Where  Africa  breeds  Monsters  blacke  as  hell. 

Wife.        I  haue  my  husbands  honour  and  his  place. 
Widow.    My  husbands  fortunes  all  suruiue  to  me. 


4  =cultivated.     G. 

5  Cf.  'Orchestra,'  Vol.  I.,  page  192,  with  relative  note.     G. 


MINOR  POEMS. 


81 


Maid.       The  moone  doth  borrow  light,  you  borrow  grace, 
When  maids  by  their  owne  vertues  graced  be. 

White  is  my  colour  ;  and  no  hew  but  this 
It  will  receiue,  no  tincture  can  it  staine. 
Wife.        My  white  hath  tooke  one  colour,  but  it  is 
My  honourable  purple  dyed  in  graine.6 

Widow.    But  it  hath  beene  my  fortune  to  renue 
My  colour  twice  from  that  it  was  before. 
But  now  my  blacke  will  take  no  other  hue, 
And  therefore  now  I  meane  to  change  no  more. 

Wife.        Wiues  are  faire  Apples  seru'd  in  golden  dishes. 
Widow.    Widows  good  wine,  which  time   makes  better 

much. 
Maid.       But  Maids  are  grapes  desired  by  many  wishes, 
But  that  they  grow  so  high  as  none  can  touch. 


Wife.        I  haue  a  daughter  equals  you,  my  girle. 

Maid.       The  daughter  doth  excell  the  mother  then  : 

As  pearles  are  better  then  the  mother  of  pearle 
Maids  loose  their  value  whe  they  match  with 
men. 

6  =  in  the  fabric.     G. 
VOL.  II.  G 


82 


MINOR  POEMS. 


Widow.    The  man  with  who  I  matcht,  his   worth  was 
such 
As  now  I  scorne  a  maide  should  be  my  peare  : 7 
Maid.       But  I  will  scorne  the  man  you  praise  so  much, 

For  maids  are  matchlesse,  and  no  mate   can 
beare. 

Hence  is  it  that  the  virgine  neuer  loues, 
Because  her  like  she  finds  not  anywhere  ; 
For  likenesse  euermore  affection  moues, 
Therefore  the  maide  hath  neither  loue  nor  peere. 


Wife.        Yet  many  virgins  married  wiues  would  be. 
Widoiv.    And  many  a  wife  would  be  a  widdow  faine. 
Maid.       There  is  no  widdow  but  desires  to  see, 

If  so  she  might,  her  maiden  daies  againe. 

Widow?  There  neuer  was  a  wife  that  liked  her  lot : 
Wife.        Nor  widdow  but  was  clad  in  mourning  weeds. 
Maid.       Doe  what  you  will,  marry,  or  marry  not, 

Both  this  estate  and  that,  repentance  breedes. 

7  =  peer.     G. 

8  In  the  previous  editions  of  the  Rhapsody,  this  line  has  always 
been  imputed  to  the  Wife,  and  the  following  one  to  the  Widow ;  but 
as  throughout  the  Contention  each  party  praises  her  own  state,  whilst 
she  ridicules  that  of  the  other,  the  transposition  in  the  text  appeared 
to  be  imperiously  called  for.     Nicolas. 


MINOR  POEMS. 


83 


Wife.        But  she  that  this  estate  and  that  hath  seene, 

Doth  find  great  ods  betweene  the  wife  and  girle. 

Maid.       Indeed  she  doth,  as  much  as  is  betweene 

The  melting  haylestone  and  the  solid  pearle. 

Wife.        If  I  were  Widdow,  my  merry  dayes  were  past. 
Widow     Nay,  then   you  first  become  sweete  pleasures 

guest, 
Wife.9       For  mayden-head  is  a  continuall  fast, 
And  marriage  is  a  continual  feast. 

Maid.       Wedlock  indeed  hath  oft  compared  bin 

To  publike  Feasts  where  meete  a  publike  rout ; 
Where  they  that  are  without  would  faine  go  in, 
And  they  that  are  within  would  faine  go  out. 

Or  to  the  Iewell  which  this  vertue  had, 
That  men  were  mad  till  they  might  it  obtaine, 
But  when  they  had  it,  they  were  twise  as  mad, 
Till  they  were  dipossest  of  it  againe. 

Wife.        Maids  cannot  iudge,  because  they  cannot  tell, 
What  comforts  and  what  ioyes  in  marriage  be  : 


*  By  the  rule  of  note  8,  Wife  seems  necessary  to  be  here  prefixed; 
but  see  our  Memorial-Introduction  for  a  critical  notice  of  this  and 
other  portions.     G. 


84  MINOR  POEMS. 


Maid.       Yes,  yes,  though  blessed  Saints  in  heauen  do 
dwell, 
They  doe  the  soules  in  Purgatory  see. 

Widow.    If  euery  wife  do  liue  in  Purgatory. 

Then  sure  it  is,  that  Widdowes  liue  in  blisse  : 
And  are  translated  to  a  state  of  glory, 
But  Maids  as  yet  haue  not  attain'd  to  this. 

Maid.       Not  Maids?  To  spotlesse  maids  this  gift  is 
giuen, 
To  liue  in  incorruption  from  their  birth; 
And  what  is  that  but  to  inherit  heauen 
Euen  while  they  dwell  vpon  the  spotted  earth  ? 

The  perfectest  of  all  created  things, 

The  purest  gold,  that  suffers  no  allay  -,1 

The  sweetest  flower  that  on  th'  earths  bosom e 

springs, 
The  pearle  vnbord,  whose  price  no  price  can 

pay: 

The  Christall  Glasse  that  will  no  venome  hold,2 
The  mirror  wherein  Angels  loue  to  looke, 

1  =  alloy.    G.         2  It  was  long  a  "  Vulgar  Error"  that  certain 
'christall  glasses'  flew  into  bits  on  poison  being  put  into  them.     G. 


MINOR  POEMS.  8 


2- 


Dia7iaes  bathing  Fountaine  cleere  and  cold, 
Beauties  fresh  Rose,  and  vertues  liuing  booke. 

Of  loue  and  fortune  both,  the  Mistresse  borne, 
The  soueraigne  spirit  that  will  be  thrall  to  none ; 
The  spotlesse  garment  that  was  neuer  worne, 
The  Princely  Eagle  that  still  flyes  alone. 

She  sees  the  world,  yet  her  cleere  thought  doth 

take 
No  such  deepe  print  as  to  be  chang'd  thereby; 
As  when  we  see  the  burning  fire  doth  make, 
No  such  impression  as  doth  burne  the  eye. 

Wife.        No  more  (sweete  maid)  our  strife  is  at  an  end, 
Cease  now :  I  fear  we  shall  transformed  be 
To  chattering  Pies,  as  they  that  did  contend 
To  match  the  Muses  in  their  harmony. 

Widow.    Then  let  us  yeeld  the  honour  and  the  place, 
And  let  vs  both  be  sutors  to  the  maid ; 
That  since  the  Goddesse  giues  her  speciall 

grace, 
By  her  cleere  hands  the  offring  be  conuaide. 


86  MINOR  POEMS. 


Maid.       Your  speech  I  doubt  hath  some  displeasure 

mou'd, 
Yet  let  me  hauelhe  offring,  I  will  see  j 
I  know  she  hath  both  wiues  and  widdowes 

lou'd, 

Though  she  would  neither  wife  nor  widdow 

be. 

(PP  5— 1 5-) 


MINOR  POEMS.  87 


III.     A  LOTTERY.  1 

Presented  before  the  late  Queenes  Maiesty  at  the  Lord 
Chancelors  House,  1602. 2 

A  Marriner  with  a  Boxe  vnder  his  arme,  contayning  all 
the  seuerall  things  following,  supposed  to  come  from  the 
Car  rick?  came  into  the  Presence,  singing  this  Song: 

Cynthia  Queene  of  Seas  and  Lands, 
That  fortune  euery  where  commands, 

1  See  Introductory-note  to  the  preceding  poem.  G, 
:  This  Lottery  was  presented  to  the  Queen  in  the  year  1602,  at 
York  House,  the  residence  of  Thomas  Egerton,  Lord  Keeper,  not  in 
1601,  as  stated  in  Nichols'  Progresses,  vol  iii.  p.  570.  See  our 
Memorial-Introduction  for  authority  for  this  correction,  and  for  the 
names  of  the  ladies  who  drew  the  successive  'lots,'  and  also  other 
points.  Colmer,  as  before,  in  a  strangely  curious  remark,  supposes 
these  lottery  verses  may  be  Samuel  Rowland's  "  When  gossips 
meet,"  and  as  strangely  does  not  connect  them  with  Davies'  name 
at  all.  He,  however,  supplies  interesting  memorabilia  relating  to 
these  Elizabethan  Entertainments.  He  mis-names  the  poet-compiler 
of  the  '  Rhapsody  '  throughout,  Davidson. 

3  Or  Caract,  a  large  ship.  Chaucer  speaks  of  Satan  having  "  a 
tayle,  broder  than  of  a  Carrike  is  the  sayl.'  Sir  Walter  Raleigh, — a 
contributor  to  the  Rhapsody, — observes  "  in  which  river  the  largest 
Carack  may,  &c."     Nicolas. 


88  MINOR  POEMS. 


Sent  forth  fortune  to  the  Sea, 

To  try  her  fortune  euery  way. 
There  did  I  fortune  meet,  which  makes  me  now  to  sing, 
There  is  no  fishing  to  the  Sea,  nor  seruice  to  the  King. 

All  the  Nymphs  of  Thetis  traine 

Did  Cinthias  fortunes  entertaine  : 

Many  a  Iewell,  many  a  Iem, 

Was  to  her  fortune  brought  by  them. 
Her  fortune  sped  so  well,  as  makes  me  now  to  sing, 
There  is  no  fishing  to  the  Sea,  nor  seruice  to  the  King. 

Fortune  that  it  might  be  seene, 
That  she  did  serue  a  royall  Queene, 
A  franke  and  royall  hand  did  beare, 
And  cast  her  fauors  euery  where. 

Some  toyes  fell  to  my  share,  which  makes  me  now  to 
sing, 

There  is  no  fishing  to  the  Sea  nor  seruice  to  the  King.4 

4  Mr.  Nichols,  in  his  Progresses  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  cites  the 
following  passage  from  a  speech  made  at  her  entertainment  at  Cow- 
dray,  to  prove  that  the  line  in  the  text  was  an  "olde  saying." 
••  Madame  it  is  an  olde  saying  '  There  is  no  fishing  to  the  sea,  nor 
service  to  the  King  f  but  it  holds  when  the  sea  is  calm,  and  the  King 
virtuous."  ....  Vol.  iii.,  pp.  95 — 571.  Nicolas.  The  sense  is 
that  there  is  no  fishing  to  be  compared  (in  result)  to  sea-fishing,  nor 
any  service  to  be  compared  with  the  king's.     G. 


MINOR  POEMS. 


89 


And  the  Song  ended,  he  vttred  this  short  Speech  : 

God  saue  you  /aire  Ladies  all :  and  for  my  part,  if 
euer  I  be  brought  to  answerefor  my  sinnes,  Godforgiue  my 
sharking,  and  lay  usury  to  my  charge.  I  am  a  Marriner, 
and  am  now  come  from  t/ie  sea,  where  I  had  the  fortune 
to  light  upon  these  few  trifles.  I  must  confesse  I  came  but 
lightly  by  them,  but  I  no  soo?ier  had  them,  but  I  ??iade  a 
vow,  t/uit  as  they  came  to  my  hands  by  Fortune,  so  I 
would  not  part  with  them  but  by  Fortune.  To  that  e?id 
I  haue  euer  since  carried  these  Lots  about  me,  that  if  L  met 
with  fit  company  L  might  deuide  my  booty  among  them. 
And  now,  (L  t ha? ike  my  good  Foriipie,)  !  L  a?n  lighted 
into  the  best  compajiy  of  tlie  world,  a  company  of  the  fairest 
Ladyes  that  euer  L  saw.  Come  Ladies  try  your  fortunes, 
and  if  any  light  upo?i  an  unfortunate  Bla?ike,  let  her 
thinke  that  Fortune  doth  but  mock  her  in  these  trifles,  and 
meanes  to  pleasure  her  in  greater  matters. 


The  Lots. 


1 .     Fortunes   Wheele. 
Fortune  must  now  no  more  in  triumph  ride, 
The  wheeles  are  yours  that  did  her  Chariot  guide. 


go  MINOR  POEMS. 


2.     A  Purse. 
You  thriue,  or  would,  or  may,  your  Lots  a  Purse 
Fill  it  with  gold,  and  you  are  nere  the  worse. 

3.     A  Maske. 
Want  you  a  Maske  ?  heere  Fortune  gives  you  one, 
Yet  nature  giues  the  Rose  and  Lilly  none. 

4.     A  Looking-Glasse. 
Blinde  Fortune  doth  not  see  how  faire  you  be, 
But  giues  a  glasse  that  you  your  selfe  may  see. 

5.  A  Ha7iker chief e. 
Whether  you  seeme  to  weepe,  or  weepe  indeed, 
This  Hand-ketchiefe  will  stand  you  well  in  steed. 

6.  A  Flame  Ring. 
Fortune  doth  send5  you,  hap  it  well  or  ill, 
This  plaine  gold  Ring,  to  wed  you  to  your  will. 

7.     A  Ring,  with  this  Poesie: 

As  faithfull  as  I  find. 
Your  hand  by  Fortune  on  this  Ring  doth  light, 
And  yet  the  words6  do  hit  your  humour  right. 


5  Manningham,  in  the  original  MS.,  has  these  variants:    1.   1, 
'  hath  sent'  ;  1.  2,  'A  plaine.'     G. 

6  Manningham,  as  before,  has  '  word  doth  ' — a  reading  which 


MINOR  POEMS. 


Qi 


8.     A  Pair  of  Gloues. 
Fortune  these  Gloues  to  you  in  challenge  sends, 
For  that  you  loue  not  fooles  that  are  her  friends.7 

9.     A  Doze?i  of  Points.8 
You  are  in  euery  point  a  louer  true, 
And  therefore  Fortune  giues  the  points  to  you. 

10.     A  Lace. 
Giue  her  the  Lace  that  loues  to  be  straight  lac'd, 
So  Fortunes  little  gift  is  aptly  plac'd. 

11.     A  Paire  of  Kniues. 
Fortune  doth  giue  this  paire  of  Kniues  to  you, 
To  cut  the  thred  of  loue,  if  \  be  not  true. 

12.     A  Girdle. 
By  Fortunes  Girdle  you  may  happy  be,9 
But  they  that  are  lesse  happy  are  more  free. 

brings  it  more  into  accord  with  the  language  of  the  times,  ■  word' 
being  then  used  for  a  sentence  of  import,  impressa,  or  posy.  He  has 
also  '  fit '  for  '  hit.'     G. 

7  Manningham  again  reads  here  : — 

....  "to  you  in  double  challenge  sends 
For  you  hath  fools  and  flatterers  hir  best  friends."        G. 

8  A  tagged  lace  used  for  attaching  and  keeping  up  or  together 
various  parts  of  the  dress.     G. 

9  Manningham  reads,    "  With  Fortune's  ....  happy   may  you 
be."     G. 


92  MINOR  POEMS. 

13.     A  Pay  re  of  Writing- Tables. 
These  Tables  may  containe  your  thoughts1  in  part, 
But  write  not  all,  that's  written  in  your  heart. 

14.     A  Pay  re  of  Garters. 
Though  you  haue  Fortunes  Garters,  you  must  be 
More  staid  and  constant  in  your  steps  then  she. 

15.  A  Coif e  and  Crosse- Cloth. 
Frowne  in  good  earnest,  or  be  sick  in  iest, 
This  Coife  and  Cross-Cloth  will  become  you  best. 

16.     A  Scarf e. 
Take  you  this  Scarfe,  bind  Cupid  hand  and  foote, 
So  loue  must  aske  you  leaue  before  hee  shoote. 

17.     A  Falling  Band. 
Fortune  would  have  you  rise,  yet  guides  your  hand, 
From  other  Lots  to  take  the  falling  band. 

18.     A  Stomacher. 
This  Stomacher  is  full  of  windowes2  wrought, 
Yet  none  through  them  can  see  into  your  thought. 

1  Ibid,  '  thought.'     G.         2  =  worked  openings  in  the  dress.     G. 


MINOR  POEMS. 


93 


19.  A  Pair  of  Sizzers? 
These  sizzers  do  your  huswifery  bewray, 
You  loue  to  work  though  you  are  borne  to  play. 

20.     A  Chaint. 
Because  you  scorne  loue's  Captiue  to  remaine, 
Fortune  hath  sworne  to  leade  you  in  a  Chaine. 

21.     A  Prayer-Booke. 
Your  Fortune  may  prooue4  good  another  day, 
Till  Fortune  come,  take  you  a  booke  to  pray. 

22.     A  Snitftkin? 
'Tis  Summer  yet,  a  Snuftkin  is  your  Lot, 
But  'twill  be  winter  one  day,  doubt  you  not. 

23.     A  Panne. 
You  loue  to  see,  and  yet  to  be  vnseen, 
Take  you  this  Fanne  to  be  your  beauties  skreene. 


3  Manningham  has  '  scisser  case,'  which  shows  the  scissors  were 
in  a  case.     He  also  reads  '  you  be  borne.'     G. 

4  Ibid,  '  may  be.'  Then  1.  2  was  first  as  in  text,  but  over  '  Till 
that  day  '  is  inserted  above  '  Till  Fortune  come,'  though  the  latter  is 
not  erased.     G. 

5  A  small  muff  for  Winter-wear.  Ibid  in  heading  and  1.  1,  'Muf- 
kin  ' :  in  1.  2  '  It  will  be.'     G. 


94  MINOR  POEMS. 


24.     A  Pair  of  Bracelets. 
Lady,  your  hands  are  fallen  into  a  snare, 
For  Cupids  manicles  these  Bracelets  are. 

25.     A  Bodkin. 
Eiien  with  this  Bodkin  you  may  Hue  unharmed., 
Your  beauty  is  with  vertue  so  well  armed. 

26.     A  Necklace. 
Fortune  giues  your  faire  neck  this  lace  to  weare, 
God  grant  a  heauier  yoke  it  neuer  beare. 

27.     A  Cushinet. 
To  her  that  little  cares  what  Lot  she  wins, 
Chance  gives  a  little  Cushinet  to  stick  pinnes. 

28.     A  Dyall. 
The  Dyal's  your's,  watch  time  least  it  be  lost, 
Yet  they  most  lose  it  that  do  watch  it  most.6 

29.     A  Nutmeg  with  a  Blanke  Parchment  in  it. 
This  Nutmeg  holds  a  Blanke,  but  chance  doth  hide  it : 
Write  your  owne  wish,  and  Fortune  will  prouide  it. 


*  Ibid,  this  variant: — 

"  And  yet  they  spend  it  worst  that  watch  it  most."     G. 


MINOR  POEMS. 


95 


30.     Blanke. 
Wot  you  not  why  Fortune  giues  you  no  prize, 
Good  faith  she  saw  you  not,  she  wants  her  eyes. 

31.     Blanke. 
You  are  so  dainty  to  be  pleaz'd,  God  wot, 
Chance  knowes  not  what  to  giue  you  for  a  Lot. 

32.     Blanke. 
Tis  pitty  such  a  hand  should  draw  in  vaine, 
Though  it  gaine  nought,  yet  shall  it  pitty  gaine. 

^^.     Blanke. 
Nothing's  your  Lot,  that's  more  then  can  be  told, 
For  nothing  is  more  precious  then  gold. 

34.     Blanke. 
You  faine  would  haue,  but  what,  you  cannot  tell. 
In  giuing  nothing,  Fortune  serues  you  well. 

Sir  I.  D.  (pp.  42 — 46. 


96  MINOR  POEMS. 


IV.  CANZONET. 

A  Hymne  in  Praise  of  Musicke  J 

"D  RAISE,  pleasure,  profite,  is  that  threefold  band, 
Which  ties  mens  minds  more  fast  then  Gordions 
knots  : 
Each  one  some  drawes,  all  three  none  can  withstand, 
Of  force  conioynd,  Conquest  is  hardly  got. 
Then  Musicke  may  of  hearts  a  Monarch  be, 
Wherein  prayse,  pleasure,  profite  so  agree. 

Praise-worthy  Musicke  is,  for  God  it  praiseth, 
And  pleasant,  for  brute  beasts  therein  delight, 
Great  profit  from  it  flowes,  for  why  it  raiseth 
The  mind  ouerwhelmed  with  rude  passions  might : 
When  against  reason  passions  fond  rebell, 
Musicke  doth  that  confirme,  and  those  expell. 

If  Musicke  did  not  merit  endlesse  praise, 

Would  heauenly  Spheares  delight  in  siluer  round  ?8 

7  See  Introductory-Note  to  the  first  of  these  Minor  Poems.  I 
include  this  '  Canzonet '  because  originally  it  bore  the  initials 
of  Davies'  other  pieces  in  the  Rhapsody,'  viz.,  I.  D. — G. 

8  Qu :  sound  ?  or  it  may  be  =  their  circular  movement  (sup- 
posed).    G. 


MINOR  POEMS.  97 


If  ioyous  pleasure  were  not  in  sweet  layes 
Would  they  in  Court  and  Country  so  abound  f 
And  profitable  needes  we  must  that  call, 
Which  pleasure  linkt  with  praise,  doth  bring  to  all. 

Heroicke  minds  with  praises  most  incited, 
Seeke  praise  in  Musicke  and  therein  excell : 
God,  man,  beasts,  birds,  with  Musicke  are  delighted, 
And  pleasant  t'is  which  pleaseth  all  so  well  : 
No  greater  profit  is  then  self-content, 
And  this  will  Musicke  bring,  and  care  preuent. 

When  antique  Poets  Musick's  praises  tell, 
They  say  it  beasts  did  please,  and  stones  did  moue  : 
To  proue  more  dull  then  stones,  then  beasts  more  fell, 
Those  men  which  pleasing  Musicke  did  not  loue ; 
They  fain'd,  it  Cities  built,  and  States  defended 
To  shew  the  profite  great  on  it  depended. 

Sweet  birds  (poor  men's  Musitians)  neuer  slake 
To  sing  sweet  Musickes  praises  day  and  night : 
The  dying  Swans  in  Musicke  pleasure  take, 
To  shew  that  it  the  dying  can  delight : 

In  sicknesse,  health,  peace,  warre,  we  do  it  need, 
Which  proues  sweet  Musicks  profit  doth  exceed. 

VOL.  II.  H 


MIXOR  POEMS. 


But  I  by  niggard  praising,  do  dispraise 
Praise-worthy  Musicke  in  my  worthlesse  Rime  : 
Xe  can  the  pleasing  profit  of  sweet  laies, 
Any  saue  learned  Muses  well  define  : 

Yet  all  by  these  rude  lines  may  clearely  see, 
Praise,  pleasure,  profite  in  sweet  musicke  be. 

[pp.  138—9.] 
(No  sig.  but  in  1602.  I.  D.) 


MINOR  POEMS.  99 


V.     TEN  SONETS  TO  PHILOMEL." 

SONNET  i. 

Vpon  Loues  entring  by  the  eares. 
/^vFT  did  I  heare  our  eyes  the  passage  weare, 

By  which  Loue  entred  to  assaile  our  hearts  : 

Therefore  I  garded  them,  and  void  of  feare, 

Neglected  the  defence  of  other  parts. 
Loue  knowing  this,  the  vsuall  way  forsooke  : 

And  seeking  found  a  by-way  by  mine  eare. 

At  which  he  entring,  my  heart  prisoner  tooke, 

And  vnto  thee  sweete  Phylomel  did  beare. 
Yet  let  my  heart  thy  heart  to  pitty  moue, 

Whose  paine  is  great,  although  small  fault  appeare. 

First  it  lies  bound  in  fettring  chaines  of  loue, 

Then  each  day  it  is  rackt  with  hope  and  feare. 
And  with  loues  flames  tis  euermore  consumed, 
Only  because  to  loue  thee  it  presumed. 

1  In  my  edition  of  Donne  I  have  assigned  these  Ten  Sonnets  to 
him,  but  for  reasons  given  in  Memorial-Introduction  now  reclaim 
them  for  Davies.  Our  text  is  as  with  the  others  from  the  '  Rhap- 
sody' of  162 1,  where  they  are  numbered  in  the  class  of  sonnets 
xxxiv.  to  xlii.  They  were  originally  signed  Melophilus.  The 
various  readings  are  merely  orthographical.     G. 


ioo  MINOR  POEMS. 


O  why  did  Fame  my  heart  to  loue  betray, 
By  telling  my  Deares  vertue  and  perfection  ? 
Why  did  my  Traytor  eares  to  it  conuey 
That  Syren-song,  cause  of  my  hearts  infection  ? 

Had  I  been  deafe,  or  Fame  her  gifts  concealed, 

Then  had  my  heart  beene  free  from  hopelesse  Loue : 
Or  were  my  state  likewise  by  it  reuealed, 
Well  might  it  Philomel  to  pitty  moue. 

Than  should  she  know  how  loue  doth  make  me  languish. 
Distracting  me  twixt  hope  and  dreadfull  feare  : 
Then  should  she  know  my  care,  my  plaints  and  anguish, 
All  which  for  her  deare  selfe  I  meekely  beare. 

Yea  I  could  quietly  deaths  paines  abide, 

So  that  she  knew  that  for  her  sake  I  dide. 

Of  his  ow?ie>  and  his  Mistresse  sicknesse 
at  one  time. 
Q ICKNESSE  entending  my  loue  to  betray, 

Before  I  should  sight  of  my  deere  obtaine  : 
Did  his  pale  colours  in  my  face  display, 
Lest  that  my  fauour  might  her  fauours  gaine. 
Yet  not  content  herewith,  like  meanes  it  wrought, 
My  Philomels  bright  beauty  to  deface  : 


MINOR  POEMS. 


101 


And  natures  glory  to  disgrace  it  sought, 
That  my  concerned  loue  it  might  displace. 
But  my  firme  loue  could  this  assault  well  beare, 
Which  vertue  had,  not  beauty  for  his  ground. 
And  yet  bright  beames  of  beauty  did  appeare, 
Through  sicknesse  vaile,  which  made  my  loue  abound; 
If  sicke  (thought  I)  her  beauty  so  excell, 
How  matchlesse  would  it  be  if  she  were  well. 


Another  of  her  sicknesse  and  recovery. 

TT)ALE  Death  himselfe  did  loue  my  Philomell, 
When  he  her  vertues  and  rare  beauty  saw, 
Therefore  he  sicknesse  sent :  which  should  expell 
His  riuals  life,  and  my  deare  to  him  draw. 

But  her  bright  beauty  dazled  so  his  eyes, 

That  his  dart  life  did  misse,  though  her  it  hit  : 
Yet  not  therewith  content,  new  meanes  he  tries, 
To  bring  her  vnto  Death,  and  make  life  flit. 

But  Nature  soone  perceiuing,  that  he  meant 
To  spoyle  her  onely  Phcenix,  her  chiefe  pride, 
Assembled  all  her  force,  and  did  preuent 
The  greatest  mischiefe  that  could  her  betide. 

So  both  our  Hues  and  loues,  Nature  defended  : 

For  had  she  di'de,  my  loue  and  life  had  ended. 


io2  MINOR  POEMS. 


Allusion  to  Theseus  voyage  to  Crete, 
against  the  Minotatire. 

TV  li  Y  loue  is  sail'd  against  dislike  to  fight, 

Which  like  vile  monster,  threatens  his  decay : 
The  ship  is  hope,  which  by  desires  great  might, 
Is  swiftly  borne  towards  the  wished  bay  : 

The  company  which  with  my  loue  doth  fare, 
(Though  met  in  one)  is  a  dissenting  crew : 
They  are  ioy,  griefe,  and  neuer-sleeping  care, 
And  doubt,  which  neere  beleeues  good  newes  for  true 

Blacke  feare  the  flag  is,  which  my  ship  doth  beare, 
Which  (Deere)  take  downe,  if  my  loue  victor  be  : 
And  let  white  comfort  in  his  place  appeare. 
When  loue  victoriously  returnes  to  me  : 

Least  I  from  rock  despaire  come  tumbling  downe, 

And  in  a  sea  of  teares  be  for'st  to  drowne. 

Vpon  her  looking  secretly  out  at  a  window 
as  he  passed  by. 
/^VNCE  did  my  Philomel  reflect  on  me, 

Her  Cristall  pointed  eyes  as  I  past  by ; 
Thinking  not  to  be  seene,  yet  would  me  see  : 
But  soone  my  hungry  eies  their  food  did  spy. 


MINOR  POEMS.  103 


Alas,  my  deere,  couldst  thou  suppose,  that  face 
Which  needs  not  enuy  Phoebus  chiefest  pride, 
Could  secret  be,  although  in  secret  place, 
And  that  transparent  glasse  such  beanies  could  hide  ? 

But  if  I  had  been  blinde,  yet  Loues  hot  flame, 
Kindled  in  my  poore  heart  by  thy  bright  eye, 
Did  plainly  shew  when  it  so  neere  thee  came, 
By  more  the  vsuall  heate  then  cause  was  nie, 

So  though  thou  hidden  wert,  my  heart  and  eye 

Did  turne  to  thee  by  mutuall  Sympathy. 

When  time  nor  place  would  let  me  often  view 
Natures  chiefe  Mirror,  and  my  sole  delight ; 
Her  liuely  picture  in  my  heart  I  drew, 
That  I  might  it  behold  both  day  and  night ; 

But  she,  like  Philips  Sonne,  scorning  that  I 
Should  portraiture,  which  wanted  Apelles  Art, 
Commanded  Loue  (who  nought  dare  her  deny) 
To  burne  the  picture  which  was  in  my  heart. 

The  more  loue  burn'd,  the  more  her  Picture  shin'd  : 
The  more  it  shin'd,  the  more  my  heart  did  burne : 
So  what  to  hurt  her  Picture  was  assign'd, 
To  my  hearts  ruine  and  decay  did  turne. 

Loue  could  not  burne  the  Spirit,  it  was  divine, 

And  therefore  fir'd  my  heart,  the  Saints  poor  shrine. 


io4  MINOR  POEMS. 


To  the  Sunne  of  his  Mistresse  beauty 

eclipsed  with  frownes. 

\  \  THEN  as  the  Sunne  eclipsed  is,  some  say 

It  thunder,  lightning,  raine,  and  wind  portendeth ; 
And  not  vnlike  but  such  things  happen  may, 
Sith  like  effects  my  Sunne  eclipsed  sendeth  ! 

Witnesse  my  throat  made  hoarse  with  thundring  cries, 
And  heart  with  loues  hot  flashing  lightnings  fired  : 
Witnesse  the  showers  which  still  fall  from  mine  eies, 
And  breast  with  sighes  like  stormy  winds  neare  riued. 

O  shine  then  once  againe  sweet  Sunne  on  me, 
And  with  thy  beames  dissolue  clouds  of  despaire, 
Whereof  these  raging  Meteors  framed  be, 
In  my  poore  heart  by  absence  of  my  faire. 

So  shalt  thou  prooue  thy  beames,  thy  heate,  thy  light, 

To  match  the  Sunne  in  glory,  grace,  and  might. 


Vpon  sending  her  a  gold  ring  with  this 

Posie. 
Pure  and  Endlesse. 
T  F  you  would  know  the  love  which  I  you  beare, 
Compare  it  to  the  Ring  which  your  faire  hand 


MINOR  POEMS.  105 


Shall  make  more  precious,  when  you  shall  it  weare 
So  my  loues  nature  you  shall  vnderstand. 

Is  it  of  mettall  pure  ?  so  you  shall  proue 

My  loue,  which  ne're  disloyall  thought  did  staine. 
Hath  it  no  end  ?  so  endlesse  is  my  loue, 
Vnlesse  you  it  destroy  with  your  disdaine. 

Doth  it  the  purer  waxe  the  more  tis  tride  ? 
So  doth  my  loue  :  yet  herein  they  dissent, 
That  whereas  gold  the  more  t'is  purifide 
By  waxing  lesse,  doth  shew  some  part  is  spent  : 

My  loue  doth  waxe  more  pure  by  your  more  trying, 

And  yet  encreaseth  in  the  purifying. 

The  Jiearts  captivitie. 

A  T  Y  cruell  deere  hauing  captiu'de  my  heart, 

And  bound  it  fast  in  chaines  of  restlesse  loue  : 
Requires  it  out  of  bondage  to  depart, 
Yet  is  she  sure  from  her  it  cannot  moue. 

Draw  backe  (said  she)  your  helpeless  loue  from  me, 
Your  worth  requires  a  farre  more  worthy  place  : 
Vnto  your  suite  though  I  cannot  agree, 
Full  many  will  it  louingly  embrace. 

It  may  be  so  (my  deere)  but  as  the  Sunne, 

When  it  appeares  doth  make  the  starres  to  vanish  ! 


io6  MINOR  POEMS. 


So  when  your  selfe  into  my  thoughts  do  runne, 
All  others  quite  out  of  my  heart  you  banish. 
The  beames  of  your  perfections  shine  so  bright, 
That  straight-way  they  dispell  all  other  light 

I.  D. 


MINOR  POEMS.  107 


VI.     TO  GEORGE  CHAPMAN  ON    HIS 

OVID.2 

/.  D.  of  the  Middle  Temple. 

/^NELY  that  eye  which  for  true  loue  doth  weepe, 
Onely  that  hart  which  tender  loue  doth  pierse, 
May  read  and  vnderstand  this  sacred  vierse — 
For  other  wits  too  misticall  and  deepe  : 

Betweene  these  hallowed  leaues  Cicpid  dooth  keepe 
The  golden  lesson  of  his  second  Artist ; 
For  loue,  till  now,  hath  still  a  Maister  mist, 
Since  Ouids  eyes  were  closed  with  iron  sleepe ; 

But  now  his  waking  soule  in  Chapman  Hues, 
Which  showes  so  well  the  passions  of  his  soule ; 
And  yet  this  Muse  more  cause  of  wonder  giues, 
And  doth  more  Prophet-like  loues  art  enroule  : 

For  Ouids  soule,  now  growne  more  old  and  wise, 

Poures  foorth  it  selfe  in  deeper  misteries. 


2  From  "  Ovid's  Banquet  of  |  sence.  |  A  Coronet  for  his  Mis- 
tresse  Philosophic,  and  his  amorous  |  Zodiacke.  |  With  a  translation 
of  a  Latine  coppie,  |  written  by  a  Fryer,  Anno  Dom.  1400.  |  Qms 
leget  hcec  ?  Nemo  Hercule  Nemo,  \  vel  duo  vel  vemo.  Persius.  I  At 
London,  |  Printed  by  J.  R.  for  Richard  Smith.  Anno  Dom.  1595.  |  " 
See  our  Memorial-Introduction.     G. 


io8  MINOR  POEMS. 


VII.     REASON'S  MOANE.3 

"\  \  THEN  I  peruse  heauen's  auncient  written  storie, 
part  left  in  bookes,  and  part  in  contemplation : 
I  finde  Creation  tended  to  God's  glory  : 

but  when  I  looke  upon  the  foule  euasion, 
Loe  then  I  cry,  I  howle,  I  weepe,  I  moane, 

and  seeke  for  truth,  but  truth  alas  !  is  gone. 

Whilom  of  old  before  the  earth  was  founded, 
or  hearbs  or  trees  or  plants  or  beasts,  had  being, 

Or  that  the  mightie  Canopie  of  heauen  surrounded 
these  lower  creatures ;  ere  that  the  eye  had  seeing  : 

Then  Reason  was  within  the  mind  of  Ioue, 
embracing  only  amitie  and  loue. 

The  blessed  angels'  formes  and  admirable  natures, 
their  happie  states,  their  Hues  and  high  perfections, 

Immortall  essence  and  vnmeasured  statures, 

the  more  made  known  their  falls  and  low  directions. 

These  things  when  Reason  doth  peruse 

she  finds  her  errors,  which  she  would  excuse. 

'  From  close  of  '  A  New  Post '  consisting-  of  '  Essayes '  by  Sir 
John  Davies.     See  Prose  Works  in  Fuller  Worthies'  Library.      G. 


MINOR  POEMS.  109 


But  out  alas  !  she  sees  strife  is  all  in  vaine ; 

it  bootes  not  to  contend,  or  stand  in  this  defence. 
Death,  sorow,  grief,  hell  and  torments  are  her  gaine, 

and  endlesse  burning  fire,  becomes  our  recompence. 
Oh  heauie  moane  !   oh  endlesse  sorrowes  anguish, 

neuer  to  cease  but  euer  still  to  languish. 

When  I  peruse  the  state  of  prime  created  man, 

his  wealth,  his  dignitie  and  reason  : 
His  power,  his  pleasure,  his  greatnesse  when  I  scan, 

I  doe  admire  and  wonder,  that  in  so  short  a  season, 
These  noble  parts,  should  haue  so  short  conclusion  : 

and  man  himselfe,  be  brought  to  such  confusion. 

In  seeking  countries  far  beyond  the  seas,  I  finde, 
euen  where  faire  Eden's  pleasant  garden  stood  : 

And  all  the  coasts  vnto  the  same  confinde, 

gall  to  cruell  wars  ;  men's  hands  embru'd  in  blood, 

In  cutting  throats,  and  murders,  men  delight : 
so  from  these  places  Reason's  banisht  quite. 

O  Ierusalem  !  that  thou  shouldst  now  turn  Turke, 
and  Sions  hil,  where  holy  rites  of  yore  were  vs'd  : 

Oh  !  that  within  that  holy  place  should  lurke 
such  sacrilege  :  whereby  Ioue's  name's  abusde. 


no  MINOR  POEMS. 


What  famous  Greece,  farewel  :  thou  canst  not  bost 
thy  great  renowne  :  thy  wit,  thy  learning's  lost. 

The  further  search  I  make,  the  worse  effect  I  finde 
All  Asia  swarmes  with  huge  impietie  : 

All  Affrick's  bent  vnto  a  bloody  minde  : 

all  treachers  4  gainst  Ioue  and  his  great  deitie. 

Let  vs  returne  to  famous  Britton's  king, 
whose  worthy  praise  let  all  the  world  goe  sing, 

Great  Tetragramaton,  out  of  thy  bounteous  loue 
let  all  the  world  and  nations  truely  know, 

That  he  plants  peace,  and  quarrell  doth  remoue  : 
let  him  be  great'st  on  all  the  earth  belowe. 

Long  may  he  liue,  and  all  the  world  admire, 
that  peace  is  wrought  as  they  themselues  desire. 

What  Vnion  he  hath  brought  to  late  perfection, 
twixt  Nations  that  hath  so  long  contended  : 

Their  warres  and  enuies  by  him  receiue  correction, 
And  in  his  royal  person  all  their  iars  are  ended. 

And  so  in  briefe  conclude,  ought  all  that  liue 
giue  thanks  to  him  for  ioy  that  peace  doth  giue. 


4    


traitors  [treacherous].     G. 


MINOR  POEMS. 


in 


By  power  and  will  of  this  our  mightie  king 

reason  doth  shew  that  God  hath  wroght  a  wonder  : 

Countries  distract  he  doth  to  Vnion  bring 

and  ioynes  together  States  which  others  sunder  : 

God  grant  him  life  till  Shiloe's  comming  be 
in  heauen's  high  seate  he  may  enthronized  be. 


ii2  MINOR  POEMS. 


VIII.  ON  THE  DEATH  OF  LORD  CHAN- 
CELLOR ELLESMERE'S  SECOND  WIFE 
IN  1599.5 

\/'OU,  that  in  Judgement  passion  never  show, 
(As  still  a  Judge  should  without  passion  bee), 
So  judge  your  selfe  ;  and  make  not  in  your  woe 

Against  your  self  a  passionate  decree. 
Griefe  may  become  so  weake  a  spirit  as  mine  : 

My  prop  is  fallne,  and  quenched  is  my  light  : 
But  th'  Elme  may  stand,  when  with'red  is  the  vine, 
And,  though  the  Moone  eclipse,  the  Sunne  is 
bright. 

4  I  take  this  Sonnet  from  Collier's  '  Bibliographical  Catalogue ' 
sub  nomine  (Vol.  I.  p.  192).  It  is  thus  introduced  by  him:  "  It  is 
stated  correctly  by  the  biographers  of  [Sir]  John  Davys  that  he  was 
patronized  by  Lord  Ellesmere,  and  among  the  papers  of  his  lordship 
is  preserved  the  following  autograph  Sonnet,  which  appears  to  have 
been  addressed  to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  on  the  death  of  his  second 
wife  in  1599."  Further  :  "  The  following  note  is  appended,  also  in 
the  hand-writing  of  Sir  John  Davys  : — "A  French  writer  (whom  I 
love  well)  speakes  of  3  kindes  of  Companions,  Men,  Women,  and 
Bookes :  the  losse  of  this  second  makes  you  retire  from  the  first : 
I  have,  therefore,  presumed  to  send  yr.  Lp  one  of  the  third  kind,  wch 
(it  may  bee),  is  a  straunger  to  your  Lp-  yet  I  persuade  me  his  con- 
versation will  not  be  disagreeable  to  yr  LP-"  See  Memorial-Intro- 
duction for  notices  of  Ellesmere  and  his  wives.     G. 


MINOR  POEMS. 


"3 


Yet  were  I  senselesse  if  I  wisht  your  mind, 
Insensible,  that  nothing  might  it  move,; 

As  if  a  man  might  not  bee  wise  and  kind. 

Doubtlesse  the  God  of  Wisdome  and  of  Loue, 

As  Solomon's  braine  he  doth  to  you  impart, 

So  hath  he  given  you  David's  tender  hart. 

Yr.  Lps  in  all  humble  Duties 
and  condoling  with  yr.  Lp.  most  affectionately 

Jo.  Davys. 


VOL.   II. 


ii4  MINOR  POEMS. 


IX.   TITYRUS  TO  HIS  FAIRE  PHILLIS P 

HPHE  silly  Swaine  whose  loue  breedes  discontent, 
Thinkes  death  a  trifle,  life  a  loathsome  thing, 
Sad  he  lookes,  sad  he  lyes. 

But  when  his  Fortunes  mallice  doth  relent, 
Then  of  Loues  sweetnes  he  will  sweetly  sing, 
thus  he  Hues,  thus  he  dyes. 

Then  Tityrus  whom  Loue  hath  happy  made, 
Will  rest  thrice  happy  in  this  Mirtle  shade. 

For  though  Loue  at  first  did  greeue  him  ; 

yet  did  Loue  at  last  releeue  him. 

I.  D. 

6  From  "  Englands  Helicon  : 

Casta  placent  superis 
pura  cum  Veste  venite, 
Et  manibus  puris   ' 
sumite  fontis  aquam. 
At  London 
Printed  by  1.  R.  for  Iohn  Flasket,  and  are 
to  be  sold  in  St.  Paules  Church-yard,  at  the 
signe  |  of  the  Beare.     1600.  |     [40.] 
E  3  (verso) 
The  Davies  authorship  of  this  little  lilt,  is  confirmed  by  a  contem- 
porary  (Harleian)   MS.   list  of  contributors    to  England's    Helicon 
(280),  wherein  his  name  is  placed  against  it.     G. 


MINOR  POEMS. 


115 


UPON  A  COFFIN  BY  S.  J.  D. 

There  was  a  man  bespake  a  thing 
Which  when  the  owner  home  did  bring, 
He  that  made  it  did  refuse  it ; 
And  he  that  brought  it  would  not  use  it, 
And  he  that  hath  it  doth  not  know 
Whether  he  hath  it,  ay  or  no. 

From  "  The  Curtaine-Drawer  of  the  Worlde  . 
by  W.  Parkes,  Gentleman  .  .  .  1621.7 


7  In  my  Fuller  Worthies'  Library  edition  of  Davies,  I  inserted 
above  Riddle  as  kindly  sent  me  by  Mr.  W.  C.  Hazlitt,  from  the 
"  Philosopher's  Banquet:  2d  edition,  1614,  p.  261.  In  its  text  1.  6 
'he'  is  spelled  '  hee,'  and  'ay'  is  'yea.'    G. 


n6  MINOR  POEMS. 


X.     EPITAPH  AND  EPIGRAM. 

Sir  John  Davies  had  a  son  who  became,  if  he  were 
not  born,  an  idiot.  Anthony-a-Wood  states  "  The  son 
dying,  Sir  John  made  an  epitaph  of  four  verses  on  him, 

beginning 

Hie  in  visceribus  terrae  &c." 

It  is  much  to  be  wished  that  these  'four  verses'  were 
recovered.  Further,  he  had  a  daughter  named  'Lucy'; 
and  of  her  the  same  authority  writes:  "So  that  the  said 
Lucy  being  sole  heiress  to  her  father,  Ferdinando,  Lord 
Hastings,  (afterwards  Earl  of  Huntingdon)  became  a 
suitor  to  her  for  marriage ;  whereupon  the  father  made 
this  Epigram : 

Lucida  vis  oculos  teneri  perstrinxit  amantis 
Nee  tamen  erravit  nam  Via  Dulcis  erat." 

On  this  Watts  remarks :  "  This  is  a  remarkable 
anagram  of  Lucy  Davies.  See  as  remarkable  ones  on 
the  mother  Eleanor  Davies,  Reveal  O  Daniel,  by  herself, 
the  other  made  on  her  by  Dr.  Lamb, — Dame  Eleanor 
Davies,  Never  so  mad  a  Lady.  Heylin's  Life  of  Laud 
p.  266."  Wood's  Athenae,  (edn.  by  Bliss)  Vol.  11. 
p.  404.     G. 


VII.    HITHERTO  UNPUBLISHED  POEMS. 


iig 


METAPHRASE  OF  SOME  OF  THE  PSALMS,  &c. 

NOTE. 

The  Manuscript  Volume  from  which  the  following 
hitherto  unpublished  Poems  are  taken,  is  the  property  of 
David  Laing,  Esq.,  LL.D.,  Edinburgh,  who  purchased 
it,  or  perhaps  obtained  it  in  exchange  many  years  ago  from 
the  Rev.  John  Jamieson,  D.D.,  author  of  the  "Scottish 
Dictionary"  and  other  learned  works — a  scholar  of  full 
learning  and  to  be  held  in  honour  in  many  respects.  It  was 
parted  with  to  his  like-minded  friend  as  containing  the 
hitherto  unprinted  '  Psalms,'  &c,  by  Sir  John  Davies; 
but  no  memorial  remains  to  ascertain  the  quarter  from 
whence  Dr.  Jamieson  obtained  the  Volume.  Mr.  Laing 
states  that,  if  anything  was  said  at  the  time  on  the  subject, 
it  has  escaped  his  recollection;  and  this  cannot  be  wondered 
at,  as  it  must  have  been  from  thirty  to  forty  years  ago. 

Along  with  eminent  Experts  I  have  carefully  compared 
this  Manuscript  with  undoubted  holographs  of  Sir  John 
Davies,  preserved  in  Her  Majesty's  State  Paper  Office 
(State  Papers  :  Domestic.  James  I.  Vol.  173.  No.  54  :  Oct. 
18,  1624,  etc.,  etc.)  and  among  the  Harleian  MSS.  in  the 
British  Museum — the  former  being  preferable  as  being  of 
the  same  year-date  with  ours  :  and  I  feel  constrained  to 
pronounce  it  throughout  non-autograph.  There  are  at 
least  five  handwritings  in  the  volume — as  more  particularly 


120  NOTE. 


described  in  locis :  but  none  bears  a  resemblance  to  Sir 
John  Davies'.  The  Manuscript,  therefore,  belongs  to  a 
class  that  abounds  at  the  Period,  viz,  a  Scribe's  transcript 
and  which  closely  resembles  that  of  MS.  Speeches  and 
other  writings  of  Davies  preserved  among  the  Harleian 
MSS.  This  is  further,  in  accord  with  Sir  John  Davies* 
practice,  as  appears  by  'The  Egerton  Papers'  of  Mr. 
Collier,  (Camden  Society,  1840,  1  Vol.  40.)  where  in  a 
letter  to  Ellesmere  (pp.  410-16)  he  apologizes  for  his  own 
'  ill  hand  '  and  substitutes  his  c  man's.'  The  evidence  for 
Davies'   authorship   of    these   Poems   is   external   and 

INTERNAL. 

(a)  The  existence  of  the  '  Metaphrase  of  the  Psalms  ' — 
which  composes  the  greater  portion  of  the  Manu- 
script— has  long  been  on  record.  Thus  Anthony-a- 
Wood  in  his  Athenje  states  "  Besides  the  before- 
mentioned  things  (as  also  Epigrams,  as  'tis  said) 
which  were  published  by,  and  under  the  name  of  Sir 
John  Davies,  are  several  MSS.  of  his  writing  and 
composing,  which  go  from  hand   to   hand,    as   (1) 

Metaphrase  of  several  of  K.  David's  Psalms " 

(edn.  Bliss  ii.,  403.)  The  original  of  the  Psalms' 
MS.  was  in  possession  of  Sir  John's  own  daughter, 
the  Countess  of  Huntingdon,  as  I  found  in  the  Carte 
MSS.  Bodleian,  Oxford. 
The  others  are  MSS. — some  in  part  since  published— 
which  Wood  describes  as  formerly  in  the  Library  of  Sir 


NOTE.  121 


James  Ware,  and  then  in  that  of  the   Earl  of  Clarendon. 

(b)  The  handwriting  of  the  Manuscript  is  exactly  cor- 
respondent with  that  of  its  date  *  1624/  It  is 
uniform  from  Psalm  I.  to  L. 

(c)  Throughout  the  '  Psalms '  and  other  Poems,  fav- 
ourite words  of  Sir  John  Davies'  occur:  in  part 
peculiar  to  him  or  used  in  a  peculiar  way.  I  must 
refer  the  Student  to  the  Poems  themselves  for  the 
great  majority  of  examples  :  but  note  here  half-a- 
dozen — all  the  references  being  to  our  own  edition 
of  the  previous  Poems. 

1.  'Withall'  :  ".  .  .  .  that  sinne  that  we  are 
borne  tvithall."  ('  Nosce  Teipsum  '  page  57,  stanza 
5th,  line  4th.)     So  in  the  '  Psalms '  : 

"  Be  merciful  and  hear  my  prayer  ivithall." 

(Ps.  4th,  line  4th.) 

2.  'Wig/it'  :  ".  .  .  .  this  World  below  did  need 
one  ivight."  (page  60  :  stanza  4th,  line  1st.)  So  in 
the  '  Psalms ' :  ".  .  .  .  measures  Iustice  vnto  euery 
•wight."  (Ps.  9th,  line  16th.) 

3.  'gray  Winter'  :  "Here  flow'ry  Spring-tide 
and  there  Winter  gray."  (page  63,  stanza  1st,  line 
4th.)  So  in  'A  Maid's  Hymne  in  praise  of  Virgin- 
ity' :  "  To  whome  graye  Winter  neuer  doth  apeare.' 
(line  7th.) 

4.  'On'  meaning  'o'er'  :  "  Will  holds  the  royall 
scepter  on  the    soul"  ('Nosce  Teipsum/  page  79, 


122  NOTE. 


stanza  2nd,  line  3rd.)  "And  on  the  passions  of  the 
heart  doth  raigne."  (page  79,  stanza  2d,  line  4th.) 
So  in  the  '  Psalms  '  :  "  Let  not  my  foes  trihumph  on 
mee  againe."  (Ps.  35th,  line  37th).  "  In  that  my 
foe  doth  not  trihumph  on  me."  (Ps.  41st,  line  22d.) 

5.  'Detruded'  :  "  .  .  .  .  such  as  me  detruded 
downe  to  Hell."  (page  no,  stanza  1st,  line  1st.)  So 
in  the  'Psalms'  :  Therefore  although  my  soule  de- 
truded were  euen  to  Hell's  gates  .  .  .  ."  (Ps.  23rd, 
line  7 th . ) 

6.  'Center'  meaning  'Earth':  (t  Suruey  all 
things  that  on  this  center  here."  (page  25th,  stanza 
1st,  line  4th.)  So  in  the  '  Psalms  '  :  "And  all  that 
dwell  on  his  round  Center  here."  (Ps.  23rd,  line  16th.) 

It  were  easy  to  multiply  these  instances  from  the  '  Psalms' 
and  the  other  Poems. 

(d)  The  secular  Poems  contain  personal  allusions  that 
authenticate  their  authorship.  In  the  'Elegie  of 
Loue '  and  in  the  lines  "To  the  Kinge  vpon  his 
MatIes  first  comming  into  England "  these  are  of 
singular  interest  and  value.  The  latter  harmonizes 
with  the  fact  that  Sir  John  Davies  proceeded 
North  to  meet  the  King  :  and  it  has  a  direct  refer- 
ence to  his  '  Nosce  Teipsum.'  Speaking  of  his  Muse 
he  exclaims, 
"  Thy  sight  had  once  an  influence  divine 
Which  gave  it  power  the  Soul  of  man  to  vew." 


NOTE.  12' 


Another  personal  allusion  is  found  in  his  address  to 
the  "  Ladyes  of  Founthill "  in  his  native  Wilts. 

(e)  The  "Verses  sent  to  the  Kinge  with  ffiges  "  is  in- 
scribed "  by  Sir  John  Davis "  and  the  "  Elegiacal 
Epistle"  which  immediately  follows  these  *  Verses' 
naturally  closes  a  Volume  containing  the  composi- 
tions of  our  Worthy.  'Davis  '  is  his  own  spelling  in 
the  1608  edition  of  '  Nosce  Teipsum,'  and  in  Davi- 
son's '  Rhapsody.' 

(f)  Exclusive  of  the  *  Psalms  ' — the  Davies'  authorship 
of  which  admits  of  no  doubt — the  other  Poems  have 
Sir  John  Davies'  characteristics  in  choice  of  subjects 
and  style,  and  specific  wording,  as  above.  '  Elegie ' 
is  herein  used  as  in  the  title-page  of  '  Nosce  Teipsum.' 

The  Manuscript  is  a  thin  folio  of  forty-one  leaves  and  one 
page  :  but  verso  of  35th  leaf  consists  of  Memoranda 
headed  "  The  State  of  England  before  the  Conquest, 
briefely.  By  Henry,  Lord  Hastings,  amongst  his  Notes 
found  "  :  and  leaves  36  and  37  and  page  38  {verso  blank) 
contain  '  Notes '  on  "  William  Bastarde,  the  Norman  Con- 
querour  of  England."  The  former  is  in  a  handwriting 
different  from  all  the  rest :  the  latter  the  same  as  the  Poems 
that  follow  "  Part  of  an  Elegie  in  prayse  of  Marriage." 
There  are  a  number  of  contemporary  and  of  more  recent 
blank  leaves.  It  is  bound  in  dark  calf,  with  tooled  orna- 
ment in  the  centre. 

In  preparing  this  Manuscript  for  the  Press,  my  anxious 


124  NOTE. 


endeavour  has  been  faithfully  to  reproduce  the  original  : 
only  I  have  extended  the  contractions  *  wh  and  wch '  for 
'with  '  and  'which  '  and  'or.  yr'  for  'our'  and  'your*  and 
the  like.  I  have  somewhat  modified  the  capitals :  but  in 
the  Divine  names  (nouns  and  pronouns)  and  impersona- 
tions, have  employed  capitals.  The  punctuation  of  the 
Manuscript  is  almost  nil:  I  have  adopted  present  usage 
on  a  uniform  principle  ;  and  also  the  apostrophe  of  the  pos- 
sessive case,  &c.  Only  one  point  perplexed  me  a  little,  viz. 
the  sign  of  the  plural.  At  the  period  a  peculiar  form  repre- 
sented '  es '  as  denoting  plural,  but  examination  showed  our 
Manuscript  as  using  it  with  '  e '  immediately  before. 
Hence  it  is  apparent  the  Scribe  used  it  arbitrarily.  My 
rule  has  been  to  represent  it  simply  by  '  s  '  for  our  plural, 
except  in  the  cases — pointed  out  where  they  occur — in 
which  '  es '  as  an  additional  syllable  is  required  for  the 
rhythm.  Throughout,  the  orthography  is  literally  pre- 
served :  and  besides  six  collations  of  my  transcript  with 
the  Original,  by  myself,  I  have  had  the  advantage 
of  a  minute  comparison  by  my  experienced  and  eru- 
dite friend,  the  late  John  Bruce,  Esq.,  of  London,  and  in 
part  by  W.  Aldis  Wright,  Esq.,  M.A.,  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge.  So  that  our  first  publication  of  the  Manuscript 
may  be  relied  on  as  absolutely  true  to  the  Original.  It 
may  be  added  that  I  have  adhered  to  the  order  in  which 
the  several  Poems  are  given,  with  the  single  exception  of 
placing  the  anonymous  very  noticeable  '  Elegiacal  Epistle' 


NOTE.  125 


on  the  death  of  Davies  last.  The  two  short  pieces  that 
precede  it  in  our  Volume,  occupy  in  the  MS.  the  closing 
page,  which  is  a  kind  of  fly-leaf. 

I  feel  assured  that  every  admirer  of  Sir  John  Davies  will 
agree  with  me  that  a  deep  debt  of  gratitude  is  due  to  Mr. 
Laing  for  his  generous  consent  to  have  the  Manuscript 
included  in  our  editions  of  the  '  Poems.'  Independent  of 
the  interest  attaching  to  their  illustrious  authorship  the 
*  Psalms '  seem  to  me  to  possess  rare  merits,  being  as  a 
whole  strikingly  faithfull  to  the  Original,  and  not  para- 
phrastic— hence  Anthony-a-\Vood's  'Metaphrase' — simple 
yet  picturesque,  ' smooth'  but  melodious,  and  in  every 
quality  infinitely  superior  to  the  attempts  of  Bacon, 
Jeremy  Taylor,  Rous,  and  others.  Some  of  the  Ver- 
sions must  find  a  place  in  the  Church's  Psalmody  and 
Hymnology. 

I  must  net  omit  to  acknowledge  the  courteous  attention 
of  Mr.  W.  Carew  Hazlitt  in  informing  me  of  the  existence 
and  ownership  of  the  Manuscript.  Anything  further  re- 
quiring to  be  said,  will  be  found  in  the  footnotes.     G. 


127 


Hitherto  Unpublished  Poems. 

METAPHRASE   OF   SOME    PSALMS. 

PSALM  L1 
T^HAT  man  is  blest  which  hath  not  walkt  aside, 

Takeinge  ungodly  counsell  for  his  guide  ; 
Nor  in  the  way  of  synners  stood  and  staied, 
Nor  in  the  couch  of  Scorners  downe  him  layed, 
But  in  God's  Lawe  hath  plac't  his  whole  delight, 
And  studieth  to  performe  it,  day  and  night  : 
Hee,  like  a  plant  which  by  a  streame  doth  growe, 
His  timely  fruite  shall  in  due  season  showe ; 
Whose  leafe  shall  not  decay  but  nourish  euer. 
And  all  thinges  prosper  which  hee  doth  endeavour 
But  with  th'vngodly  it  shall  not  bee  soe, 
But  as  the  dust,  which  as  the  whirlewindes  to  and  fro 
Uppon  the  surface  of  the  earth  doth  driue, 
They  shall  a  restless  life  and  fruitles  Hue ; 

1  There  is  a  title  here,  "The  Psalmes  translated  into  v.rse,  Anno 
Domini  1624."    G. 


:::  H:THIF.7:'    'WJ 


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N"    -    i  11 1  if  =  7 1     .  -    -■-  :      iz 

z  -'    i  if  ~;    _-:  i  :  .      i  mm  mtrim 

-  -  -  —    »_—~  —  —  ~  "~  —  —  ~  " ."  - -       "  -  ~ ~.~ 

•    :       ;    t  " :  7  1 : :  :  1 :  m  _ :  .1  :  _  1 7  1.  7  - 
'•    i"    lie  ".".:  rezi.t  rim  '  :.i:  mm   itm.t* 
!  [  : . '  -.:■  ~~~r  :  ".11  i"i  1::  ;i.  ;i   i:»t   :;  1.51  ut 


±t-. 


lilt 


• "_.c_ 


HITHERTO  UNPUBLISHED  PCI 


yee  Monarches,  and  yee  Pkisces  tbcn ; 
Be  learned,  yee  thai  judge  the  scnmes  of  men ; 

::  :;.:  1;  ;    ;  7    H _~    :  7  7 _  7 


Ar       :':  " . . -  H       .  ~  :": 

If  His;  -;r  — -±     _:  :_:e  t->:->:  :•- 
V.z:  zris:  iiE:: 

PSALM  in. 


:  rise  "  :::    ::    i.  :_:    =  :       \  - i:e 

M_-jst  :h.z:T     :t  :.r:: 

His    i-:  ;;  ::  :  ~  r. : :  -  ::::  ni 

:r. :  r:      heii  H::  iir:e:     H  : 
To  Him  with  faraf^t  piaier  appealed  I. 

.-.r.i  ::    ~  H  «  H:>  HZ  Hee  zeiri  ~y  ..-  - 
I  :  t:    ::  — 7  ini  sle:  -  _  ::    v     r     :: 

Fit  ::-  F.e  L:ri  i:±  rUrrzirre  sms:    77 

N:e  :\         .  .' :.-.r=i  ~r  :: '_t:.jt  :  ::.::_-f 

:..«e  1::  :  -    _ 7  ~  7 r      7 7  ;  _  .". . if :  _ 

77-7  his  :~ih  ire  :r:k 

1    :l  k 


no  HITHERTO  UNPUBLISHED  POEMS. 


Saluation  cometh  from  this  Lord  of  ours, 
Who  blessings  on  His  people  daily  powers. 

PSALM  IV. 

0  God  !  whose  righteousnes  by  grace  is  mine, 
A  gracious  eare  vnto  my  voyce  encline  : 
Thou  that  hast  set  mee  free  when  I  was  thrall, 
Bee  mercifull,  and  heare  my  prayer  withall. 
Vaine,  worldly  men,  how  long  will  yee  dispise 
God's  honnour,  and  His  truth,  and  trust  in  lies  ? 
God  for  Himselfe,  the  good  man  doth  select, 
And  when  I  crie  Hee  doth  not  mee  reject. 

Bee  angrie,  but  be  angrie  without  synne  ; 
Try  your  owne  hearts  in  silence,  close  within. 
To  God,  of  godly  workes,  an  offeringe  make, 
Then  trust  in  Him  that  will  not  His  forsake. 
For  that  which  good  is,  many  seeke  and  pray, 

1  And  who  shall  shew  the  same  to  vs  '  ?  say  they, 
Lord  !  shew  to  vs  thy  countenance  diuine, 

And  cause  the  Beames  thereof  on  vs  to  shyne  : 
Soe  shall  my  heart  more  joyfull  bee  and  glad, 
Then  if  encrease  of  corne  and  wine  I  had. 
To  peace  therefore  lye  downe  will  I  and  sleepe2 
For  God  alone  doth  mee  in  safetie  keepe. 

2  '  rest'  is  written  and  erased  here.     G. 


HITHERTO   UNPUBLISHED  POEMS.         131 


PSALM  V. 

Lord  weigh  my  words,  and  take  consideration 

Of  my  sad  thoughts  and  silent  meditation  : 

My  God,  my  Kinge,  bowe  downe  Thine  eare  to  mee, 

While  I  send  vp  mine  humble  prayer  to  Thee. 

Early,  before  the  morne  doth  bringe  the  day, 

I  will  O  Lord,  look  vp  to  Thee  and  pray : 

For  Thou  with  synne  art  neuer  pleased  well, 

Nor  any 3  ill  may  with  Thy  goodnes  dwell : 

The  foole  may  not  before  Thy  wisdome  stand, 

Nor  shall  the  impious  scape  Thy  wrathfull  hand  : 

Thou  wilt  destroy  all  such  as  vtter  lies ; 

Blood  and  deceit  are  odious  in  Thine  eyes ; 

But,  trustinge  in  Thy  manie  mercies  deare, 

I  will  approch  Thy  house  with  holy  feare. 

Teach  me  Thy  plaine  and  righteous  way  to  goe, 

That  I  may  neuer  fall  before  my  foe, 

Whose  flatteringe  tongue  is  false  and  heart  jmpure, 

And  throat,  an  open  place  of  sepulture. 

Destroy  them,  Lord,  and  frustrate  their  devices, 

Cast  out  those  Rebells  for  their  manie  vices ; 

But  all  that  trust  in  Thee  and  loue  Thy  name, 

Make  them  rejoyce  and  rescue  them  from  shame. 

5  An  illegible  word  erased  here.     G. 


172  HITHERTO  UNPUBLISHED  POEMS. 


Thou  wilt  thy  blessinge  to  the  righteous  yeild 
And  guard  them  with  Thy  grace  as  with  a  sheild. 

PSALM  VI. 
To  iudge  me,  Lord,  in  Thy  just  wrath  forbeare, 
To  punish  mee  in  thy  displeasure  spare ; 

0  !  I  am  weake  :  haue  mercie,  Lord,  therefore, 
And  heale  my  bruised  bones  which  payne  mee  sore. 
My  soule  is  alsoe  trubled  and  dismayed  ; 

But,  Lord,  how  long  shall  I  expect  Thine  aid  ! 
Turne  Thee,  O  Lord,  my  soule  from  death  deliuer, 
Euen  for  Thy  mercie's  sake  which  lasteth  euer  : 
They  which  are  dead  remember  not  Thy  name, 
Nor  doth  the  silent  Graue  thy  praise  proclaime  ; 

1  faint  and  melt  away  with  greifes  and  feares, 
And  euery  night  my  bed  doth  swymme  with  teares. 
Myne  eyes  are  suncke  and  weakned  is  my  sight  ; 
My  foes  haue  vexed  mee  with  such  dispight. 
Away  from  mee,  yee  sinfull  men,  away  ! 

The  Lord  of  Heauen  doth  heare  mee  when  I  pray. 
The  Lord  hath  my  petition  heard  indeed  : 
Receaue  my  prayer  and  I  shall  surely  speed  ; 
But  shame  and  sorrow  on  my  foes  shall  light, 
They  shall  be  turn'd  and  put  to  suddaine  flight. 


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PSALM  VII. 
O  Lord,  my  God  !  I  put  my  trust  in  Thee, 
From  all  my  Persecutors  rescue  mee  : 
Lest  my  proud  foe  doth  like  a  lyon  rend  mee, 
While  there  is  non  to  succour  and  defend  mee  : 
Lord  God  !  if  I  bee  guilty  found  in  this, 
Wherewith  my  foes  haue  charged  mee  amisse, 
If  I  did  vse  my  freind  vnfreindly  soe, 
Nay,  if  I  did  not  helpe  my  causlesse  foe, 
Let  him  preuaile,  although  my  cause  bee  just, 
And  lay  my  life  and  honnour  in  the  dust. 
Vp,  Lord  !  and  stand  against  my  furious  foes, 
Thy  judgement  against  them  for  mee  disclose  ; 
Soe  shall  Thy  People  flocke  about  Thee  nigh, 
For  their  sakes  therefore  lift  Thy  selfe  on  high. 
Judge  of  the  world,  giue  sentence  on  my  parte, 
Accordinge  to  the  cleannes  of  my  heart : 
Let  wickednes  be  brought  vnto  an  end, 
And  guide  the  just,  that  they  may  not  offend. 
Thou  God  art  just,  and  Thou  Searcher  art 
Of  hart  and  raynes,  and  euery  inward  part  : 
My  helpe  proceedeth  from  the  Lord  of  Might, 
Who  saueth  those  which  are  of  hart  vpright ; 
A  powerfull  and  a  patient  Judge  is  Hee, 
Though  euery  day  His  wrath  prouoked  bee  : 


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But,  if  men  will  not  turne,  His  sword  Hee  whets, 

And  bends  His  bowe,  and  to  the  stringe  Hee  setts 

The  instruments  of  death,  His  arrowes  keene, 

Gainst  such  as  rebells  to  His  will  haue  beene. 

The  jmpious  man  conceaues  jniquity, 

Trauailes  with  mischief,  and  brings  forth  a  ly  : 

The  Righteous  to  entrapp  hee  digs  a  pitt, 

But  hee  himselfe  first  falls  and  sinks  in  it. 

The  wicked  plotts  his  workinge  braine  doth  cast, 

Light  with  a  mischeife  on  himselfe  at  last. 

My  thankes  with  God's  great  justice  shall  accord, 

And  I  will  highly  praise  the  highest  Lord. 

PSALM  VIII. 
O  God,  our  Lord  !  how  large  is  the  extent 
Of  Thy  great  name  and  glorie  excellent  ! 
It  fills  this  world,  but  it  doth  shyne  most  bright 
Aboue  the  heauens,  in  th'  vnapproached  light. 
By  suckinge  Babes  thou  dost  thy  strength  dis- 
close, 
And  by  their  mouth  to  silence  put  Thy  foes. 
When  I  see  Heauen  wrought  by  Thy  mighty  hand, 
And  all  those  glorious  lights  in  order  stand, 
Lord  !  what  is  man  that  Thou  on  him  dost  looke  ! 
Or  of  the  Sonne  of  Man  such  care  hast  tooke  ! 


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oo 


Next  Angells  in  degree  Thou  hast  him  plac't, 
And  with  a  crowne  of  honour  hast  him  grac't  : 
Thou  hast  him  made  lord  of  Thy  Creatures  all, 
Subjectinge  them  to  his  commaund  and  call ; 
All  birds  and  aiery  fowles  are  vnder  him, 
And  fishes  all  which  in  the  Sea  doe  swymme. 
O  Lord,  our  God  !  how  large  is  the  extent 
Of  Thy  great  name  and  glorie  excellent  ! 

PSALM  IX. 

Thee  will  I  thanke  euer  with  my  hart  entire, 

And  make  the  world  Thy  wondrous  workes  admire  ; 

In  Thee  rejoyce,  in  Thee  trihumph  will  I, 

My  songs  shall  praise  Thy  name,  O  God,  most  High  ! 

While  my  proud  foes  are  put  to  shamefull  flight, 

And  fall  and  perish  at  Thy  dreadfull  sight. 

Thou,  righteous  Judge,  dost  sitt  vpon  Thy  Throne 

And  dost  maintaine  my  rightfull  cause  alone  ; 

Thou  checkst  the  Heathen  ;  and  the  wicked  race 

Thou  dost  destroy,  and  all  their  names  deface. 

O  Enemy  !  behould  thy  finall  fall, 

Thy  Citties  perish  and  their  names  withall ; 

But  God,  our  Lord,  for  euer  shall  endure, 

His  judgement  Seate,  Hee  hath  establisht  sure, 


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Where  Hee  judges  the  World  with  equall  right, 

And  measures  Justice  vnto  euery  weight :  4 

He  likewise  will  become  a  Bulwarke  strong 

And  tymely  aide  to  them  that  suffer  wrong. 

Who  knowes  Thy  name  in  Thee  His  trust  will  place, 

Who  neuer  failest  them  that  seeke  Thy  face. 

O,  praise  the  Lord  !  you  that  in  Sion  dwell, 

His  noble  Acts  among  the  Nations  tell  ; 

When  of  oppression  Hee  enquiry  makes, 

Of  euery  poore  man's  plaint  Hee  notice  takes. 

Haue  mercy,  Lord  !  and  take  into  Thy  thought 

My  trubles,  which  my  hatefull  foes  haue  wrought 

Thou  from  the  gates  of  death  my  Soule  dost  raise, 

That  I  in  Sion's  Gates  may  sing  Thy  praise  ; 

The  sweet  saluation  which  Thou  dost  jmpart 

Shall  bee  the  joy  and  comfort  of  my  heart. 

The  Infidells  make  pitts,  and  sinke  therein, 

Their  feet  are  caught  in  their  owne  proper  synne  ; 

Thy  judgement  Lord,  Thou  hast  thereby  declar'd 

When  wicked  men  in  their  owne  workes  are  snar'd  : 

Hell  is  a  place  for  impious  men  assign'd 

And  such  as  doe  cast  God  out  of  their  minde  ; 

4   —  wight.     G. 


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But  poore  men  shall  not  bee  forgotten  euer 

Nor  meeke  mens'  patience,  if  they  doe  perseuer. 

Rise  Lord  !  and  let  [not]5  man  aboue  Thee  rise 

And  judge  the  Infidel  with  angrie  eyes  : 

Strike  them  with  feare,  that,  though  they  know  not  Thee, 

Yet  they  may  know  that  mortall  men  they  bee. 

PSALM  X. 

Why  standest  Thou  O  Lord  !  so  farr  away 
And  hids't  Thy  face  when  trubles  mee  dismay  ? 
The  wicked  for  his  lust  the  poore  man  spoyles ; 
Lord  !  take  him  in  the  trap  of  his  owne  wiles. 
Hee  makes  his  boaste  of  his  profane  desires 
Contemninge  God,  while  hee  himselfe  admires  : 
Hee  is  soe  proud,  that  God  hee  setts  at  naught, 
Nay  rather,  God  comes  neuer  in  his  thought. 
Thy  judgements  Lord,  are  farr  aboue  his  sight 
This  makes  him  to  esteeme  his  foes  soe  light, 
And  in  his  hart  to  say,  I  cannot  fall, 
Nor  can  misfortune  light  on  mee  at  all  : 
His  mouth  is  full  of  execrat[i]ons  vile  ; 
Under  his  tongue  doth  sit  ungodly  guile  ; 

5  This  '  not '  is  self-evidently  required.     G. 


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Close  in  the  corners  of  the  waies  he  lies, 

And  lurkes,  and  waits,  the  simple  to  surprize  : 

Euen  as  a  lyon  lurkinge  in  his  den, 

To  assault  and  murther  innocent  poore  men  ; 

Gainst  whom  his  eyes  maliciously  are  sett, 

To  catch  them  when  they  fall  into  his  nett. 

Himselfe  hee  humbles,  bowes,  and  crouchinge  stands 

Till  poore  men  fall  into  his  powerfull  hands ; 

Then,  in  his  heart  hee  sayth  '  God  hath  forgott : 

Hee  turnes  away  his  face  and  sees  it  not.' 

Arise  O  Lord  !  and  lift  Thy  hand  on  high, 

The  poore  forgett  not  which  oppressed  ly : 

For  why  should  wicked  men  blaspheme  Thee  thus 

'  Tush  !  God  is  carelesse  and  regards  not  us  '  ? 

Surely  Thou  seest  the  wronge  which  they  haue  done, 

And  all  oppressions  underneath  the  sunne ; 

To  Thee  alone  the  poore  his  cause  commends 

As  th'  only  freind  of  him  that  wanteth  freinds. 

Lord  !  breake  the  power  of  the  malicious  minde 

Take  ill  away,  and  Thou  not  ill  shalt  finde. 

The  Lord  is  kinge,  and  doth  for  euer  raigne, 

Nor  miscreants  shall  within  His  Land  remaine  ; 

Hee  hearkeneth  to  the  poore,  but  first  prepareth 

Their  hearts  to  pray  ;  then  their  petition  heareth  : 


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That  Hee  poore  orphans,  may  both  help  and  saue, 
That  worldly  men  on  them  no  power  may  haue. 

PSALM  XI. 

I  trust  in  God  :  to  mee  why  should  you  say, 

1  Fly  like  a  bird  to  mountaines  farr  away  '  ? 

Their  bowes  and  arrowes  wicked  men  prepare, 

To  peirce  the  hearts  of  them  that  faithfull  are  : 

Euen  him  whome  God  hath  made  a  corner-stone 

They  haue  cast  downe  ;  but  what  hath  Hee  misdone  ? 

God  in  His  holy  temple  doth  remaine, 

The  heauen  of  Heauens  :   where  Hee  doth  sitt  and 

raigne. 
Upon  the  poore  He  casteth  downe  His  eye, 
The  sonnes  of  Men  He  doth  discerne  and  trie ; 
The  just  and  righteous  men  Hee  doth  approue, 
But  hateth  synners  which  their  sinnes  doe  loue  ; 
On  them  He  rayneth  snares,  brimstone  and  fire, 
This  is  their  cup,  their  wages,  and  their  hire  ; 
The  righteous  God  loues  him  whose  way  is  right, 
And  on  the  just  His  gracious  eye  doth  light. 

PSALM  XII. 
Helpe  Lord  !  for  all  the  godly  men  are  gon, 
And  of  the  faithfull,  fewe  there  are,  or  non  ; 


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Each  man  to  other  doth  vaine  things  jmpart, 

With  lipps  deceiptfull,  and  with  double  hart ; 

The  Lord  will  soone  cutt  of  the  lipps  that  lie, 

And  root   out  tongues  that  speake  proud  words  and 

high. 
'  With  mighty  words  wee  will  preuale  '  say  they  : 
What  Lord  is  Hee  that  dareth  us  gainesay  ? 
'  Now  for  the  trubles  and  oppressions  sore 
The  gronings  and  the  sighings  of  the  poore, 
I  will  arise '  sayth  God,  '  and  quell  their  foes 
That  swell  with  pride;  and  them  in  rest  repose.' 
God's  words  are  pure,  and  chaste,  like  siluer  tride 
Which  hath  with  seauen  fires  bene  purified. 
Thou  wilt  preserue  them  Lord  !  and  guard  them  still, 
From  this  vile  race  of  men  which  wish  them  ill. 
The  ungodly  walke  in  circles,  yet  goe  free 
When  such  as  feare  not  God,  exalted  bee. 

PSALM  XIII. 
How  long  O  Lord  !  shall  I  forgotten  bee  ? 
How  long  wilt  Thou  Thy  bright  Face  hide  from  mee  ? 
How  long  shall  I  my  thoughts  tosse  to  and  fro 
And  bee  thus  vext  by  my  insultinge  foe  ? 
Giue  ease,  O  Lord ;  giue  light  unto  mine  eyes, 
Lest  death  in  endlesse  sleepe  doth  mee  surprise ; 


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Lest  my  proud  foe  vaunt  that  hee  doth  preuaile, 
And  laugh  at  mee  when  I  shall  faint  or  faile ; 
But  in  Thy  mercie  all  my  trust  is  pight6 
And  thy  saluation  is  my  hearte's  delight ; 
Of  Thy  sweet  kindnes  therefore  sing  will  I, 
And  highly  praise  the  name  of  God,  Most  High. 

PSALM  XIV. 
'  There  is  noe  God,'  the  foole  sayth  in  his  heart, 
Yet  dares  not  with  his  tongue  his  thought  impart ; 
All  are  corrupt  and  odious  in  God's  sight, 
Not  one  doth  good,  not  one  doth  well,  vpright. 
God  cast  His  eyes  from  Heauen  on  all  mankinde, 
And  lookt  if  Hee  one  righteous  man  could  finde  ; 
But  all  were  wicked,  all  from  God  were  gone, 
Not  one  did  good,  in  all  the  world,  not  one  ; 
Their  throat  an  open  graue,  their  flattering  tongue 
And  lyinge  lips,  like  stinge  of  wasps  haue  stung. 
With  bitter  cursing,  they  their  mouthes  doe  fill  ; 
Their  feet  are  swift  the  guiltles  blood  to  spill ; 

6   =    pitched.      Henry  More  in  one  of  his  Hymns  uses  the  word  : 
"  Lord  stretch  Thy  tent  in  my  straight  breast, 
Enlarge  it  downward,  that  sure  rest 
May  there  be  fright."     G. 


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Sad,  wretched  mischeife,  in  their  wayes  doth  lye 
But  for  the  wayes  of  peace  they  passe  them  by  ; 
Noe  feare  of  God  haue  they  before  their  eyes, 
Nor  knowledge,  while  these  mischeifes  they  devise ; 
While  they  God's  people  doe  with  might  oppresse 
And  eat  them  up  like  bread  with  greedines  ; 
And  since  on  God  they  neuer  vse  to  call, 
They  fear'd  when  cause  of  feare  was  non  at  all. 
But  to  the  righteous  man  and  to  his  race, 
God  present  is  with  His  protectinge  grace  ; 
Though  fooles  doe  mocke  the  counsell  of  the  poore, 
Because  in  God  hee  trusted  euermore. 
Who  shall  saluation  out  of  Sion  giue 
To  Israell  but  God  ?     Who  shall  releiue 
His  people  and  of  Captiues  make  them  free  : 
Thou  Jacob  joyfull,  Israell  glad  shall  bee. 

PSALM  XV. 
Lord  !  who  shall  dwell  in  thy  bright  tent  with 

Thee 
And  of  Thy  rest  in  heauen  pertaker  bee  ? 
Euen  hee  that  is  vpright  in  all  his  wayes7 


7  Written  here,  as   elsewhere,   not  by  the  contraction-sign  of  the 
plural  '  es  '  but  in  full.     G. 


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And  from  his  hart  speakess  truth  in  all  hee  sayes  ; 
Who  hath  forborne  to  doe  his  neighbour  wrong 
Nor  him  deceau'd  or  slaundered  with  his  tong ; 
Who  of  himselfe  an  humble  thought  doth  beare 
But  highly  valewes  them  which  God  doe  feare  ; 
Who  of  his  promis  doth  himselfe  acquitt, 
Though  losse  hee  suffer  by  performinge  it ; 
Nor  hath  for  bitinge  vse  his  monie  lent, 
Nor  tooke  reward  against  the  innocent ; 
Who  shall  obserue  these  poynts,  and  doe  them  all, 
Assuredly  that  man  can  neuer  fall. 

PSALM  XVI. 
Mee  thy  poore  seruant  Lord  !  preserue  and  saue, 
For  all  my  trust  in  Thee  repos'd  I  haue  : 
Lord  !  said  my  soule,  Thou  art  my  God,  to  Thee 
My  goods  are  nothinge  when  they  offered  bee ; 
But  my  delight[s]  are  in  those  saints  of  Thine, 
Which  Hue  on  Earth,  and  doe  in  vertue  shine  ; 
But  they  which  runn  to  worshipp  idolls  vaine, 
Shall  multiply  their  sorrow  and  their  paine. 
Of  their  blood  offerings  will  I  not  pertake, 
Nor  of  their  names  shall  my  lipps  mention  make. 

8  Another  example  in  the  MS.,  of  the  plural  '  es  '  in  contraction- 
sign,  preceded  by  '  e.'     G. 


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Sad,  wretched  mischeife,  in  their  wayes  doth  lye 
But  for  the  wayes  of  peace  they  passe  them  by ; 
Noe  feare  of  God  haue  they  before  their  eyes, 
Nor  knowledge,  while  these  mischeifes  they  devise  ; 
While  they  God's  people  doe  with  might  oppresse 
And  eat  them  up  like  bread  with  greedines  ; 
And  since  on  God  they  neuer  vse  to  call, 
They  fear'd  when  cause  of  feare  was  non  at  all. 
But  to  the  righteous  man  and  to  his  race, 
God  present  is  with  His  protectinge  grace  ; 
Though  fooles  doe  mocke  the  counsell  of  the  poore, 
Because  in  God  hee  trusted  euermore. 
Who  shall  saluation  out  of  Sion  giue 
To  Israell  but  God  ?     Who  shall  releiue 
His  people  and  of  Captiues  make  them  free  : 
Thou  Jacob  joyfull,  Israeli  glad  shall  bee. 

PSALM  XV. 
Lord  !  who  shall  dwell  in  thy  bright  tent  with 

Thee 
And  of  Thy  rest  in  heauen  pertaker  bee  ? 
Euen  hee  that  is  vp right  in  all  his  wayes7 


7  Written  here,  as   elsewhere,   not  by  the  contraction-sign  of  the 
plural  '  es  '  but  in  full.     G. 


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And  from  his  hart  speakess  truth  in  all  hee  sayes ; 
Who  hath  forborne  to  doe  his  neighbour  wrong 
Nor  him  deceau'd  or  slaundered  with  his  tong ; 
Who  of  himselfe  an  humble  thought  doth  beare 
But  highly  valewes  them  which  God  doe  feare  ; 
Who  of  his  promis  doth  himselfe  acquitt, 
Though  losse  hee  suffer  by  performinge  it  \ 
Nor  hath  for  bitinge  vse  his  monie  lent, 
Nor  tooke  reward  against  the  innocent  \ 
Who  shall  obserue  these  poynts,  and  doe  them  all, 
Assuredly  that  man  can  neuer  fall. 

PSALM  XVI. 

Mee  thy  poore  seruant  Lord  !  preserue  and  saue, 
For  all  my  trust  in  Thee  repos'd  I  haue  : 
Lord  !  said  my  soule,  Thou  art  my  God,  to  Thee 
My  goods  are  nothinge  when  they  offered  bee ; 
But  my  delight[s]  are  in  those  saints  of  Thine, 
Which  liue  on  Earth,  and  doe  in  vertue  shine  ; 
But  they  which  runn  to  worshipp  idolls  vaine, 
Shall  multiply  their  sorrow  and  their  paine. 
Of  their  blood  offerings  will  I  not  pertake, 
Nor  of  their  names  shall  my  lipps  mention  make. 

8  Another  example  in  the  MS.,  of  the  plural  '  es  '  in  contraction- 
sign,  preceded  by  '  e.'     G. 


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The  portion  of  mine  heritage  and  cupp 

Is  God  Himselfe  who  houlds  and  keepes 9  mee  upp  ; 

In  a  faire  ground  to  mee  my  lott  did  chance, 

Soe  I  possesse  a  rich  Inheritance : 

Thankes  l  bee  to  God  His  warninge  giues  mee  light, 

My  raynes  with  paine  doe  chasten  me  by  night ; 

I  looke  to  God  in  my  endeauors  all, 

Hee  stands  soe  neare  mee  that  I  cannot  fall ; 

This  hath  my  heart  and  tongue  with  joyes  possest, 

And  now  my  flesh  in  hope  to  rise,  shall  rest ; 

My  soule  shall  not  be  buryed  in  the  graue, 

Nor  shall  Thy  Holy  One  corruption  haue  ; 

Shew  mee  the  path  of  life ;  for  in  Thy  sight 

Doth  endles  pleasure  rest  and  full  delight. 

PSALM  XVI J. 
Heare  my  just  cause  Lord  !  heare  my  prayer  and  crie, 
Which  come  from  lipps  not  vs'd  to  faine  or  lie  : 
Lord,  let  my  sentence  from  Thy  mouth  be  giuen, 
For  Thou  regards't  things  only  just  and  euen  ;2 

*  Another  example  of  '  e  '  before  the  contraction-sign  of  '  es.'     G. 

1  In  full  '  es  '  here,  as  before.  Having  now  given  several  ex- 
amples of  the  arbitrary  use  of  the  '  s,'  and  '  es  '  in  full  and  by  con- 
traction-sign, it  will  not  be  needful  to  note  more  in  the  sequel.     G. 

3  A  later  handwriting  substitutes  for  the  respective  rhymes  of  this 
couplet  '  proceed'  and  '  right  indeed.'     G. 


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In  the  darke  night  of  my  aduersitie, 

Thou  did'st  my  heart  examine,  proue  and  trie ; 

And  yet  vpon  this  triall  did'st  not  finde 

My  heart  or  tongue  to  any  ill  enclinde  : 

For  that  their  workes  against  Thy  Word  are  done 

I  doe  their  wayes  which  tende  to  mine,  shunn. 

Lord  !  in  Thy  pathes  doe  Thou  my  goings  guide, 

Lest  in  this  slippery  life  my  footstepps  slide  : 

Thy  name  haue  I  invok't,  Thou  shalt  mee  heare 

And  to  my  humble  words  incline  Thy  eare  ; 

O  Sauiour  !  of  all  those  that  trust  in  Thee 

Thy  mercies  full  of  wonder  shew  to  mee ; 

Preserue  mee  as  the  apple  of  Thine  eye, 

Under  Thy  winges  in  safetie  let  me  lie ; 

Saue  mee  from  them  which  Thy  right  hand  oppose, 

And  from  my  ungodly  circumuenting  foes  ; 

Their  fatt  estates  doe  them  soe  fortifie 

As  they  presume  to  speake  proud  words  and  high ; 

In  all  my  wayes  in  wait  for  mee  hee  lies, 

To  cast  mee  downe  hee  downewards  casts  his  eyes 

Euen  like  a  lyon,  watching  for  his  prey, 

Or  lyon's  whelpes  which  lurke  beside  the  way. 

Vp  Lord  !  defeat,  defeat  this  foe  of  mine, 

That  wicked  man  who  is  a  sword  of  Thyne  ; 

vol.  11.  l 


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From  wordly  men  vouchsafe  my  soule  to  saue, 
Who  in  their  mortall  life  their  portion  haue ; 
Whose  bellies  with  Thy  treasure  Thou  dost  fill, 
Who  children  haue,  and  leaue  them  wealth  at  will  ; 
But  I  Thy  face  in  righteousnes  shall  see 
And  with  Thy  presence  shall  contented  bee. 

PSALM  XVIII. 

Thou  art  my  strength,  O  Lord  !  Thee  will  I  loue, 

Thou  art  my  Rocke,  which  nothing  can  remoue : 

My  God,  in  Whome  my  trust  I  will  repose, 

My  Sauiour,  sheild  and  home,  against  my  foes  ; 

Lord,  most  praise  worthy,  pray  will  I  to  Thee 

Soe  shall  I  from  my  foes  protected  bee ; 

When  deadly  sorrowes  did  besett  mee  round, 

And  floods  of  wickednes  did  mee  surhound1 

When  paines  of  hell  I  felt  in  my  desease, 

And  pangs  of  death  upon  my  soule  did  sease ; 

On  God  I  called  in  that  instant  truble, 

And  my  complaints  unto  the  Lord  did  dubble  : 

But  when  His  wrath  and  vengeance  kindled  were, 

The  Earth  did  quake,  and  mountaines  shooke  for  feare, 

And  coles  grew  redd  with  His  inflaminge  jre ; 

3  =   surround:    as   'trihumph'  for  triumph.      Cf.  Psalm  xxxv. 
line  37.     G. 


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Hee  bowed  the  heauens,  and  did  descend  withall, 

And  shadowes  darke  beneath  His  feet  did  fall : 

Hee  ridinge  on  the  Cherubins  did  fly, 

And  with  the  winged  windes  was  borne  on  high ; 

Darkness  His  clossett,  His  pauilion  wide 

Made  of  blacke  clouds,  His  face  a  while  did  hide  ; 

But  at  His  presence  right  away  they  flew 

When  haile  and  coles  of  fire  abroad  Hee  threw  ; 

The  Lord  from  heauen  did  send  His  thunder  lowd 

With  fire  and  haile  from  out  the  broken  cloud ; 

A  shower  of  arrowes  on  His  foes  did  fall, 

His  thunderboults  and  lightenings  slewe  them  all  ; 

Fountaines  were  dride  and  the  earthe's  foundation 

mou'd 
When  synners,  in  His  wrath,  the  Lord  reprou'd  ; 
But  Hee  from  heauen  shall  send  His  angell's  downe 
And  take  mee  vp  when  waters  would  mee  drowne ; 
Hee  from  my  foe,  too  mightie  and  too  strong, 
Shall  saue  mee  when  Hee  doth  mee  mightie  wrong, 
Preuentmge  mee  [in]  my  disastrous  day  : 
But  then  the  Lord  was  my  support  and  stay ; 
WTien  I  was  captiue,  Hee  did  sett  mee  free, 
And  brought  mee  forth  because  Hee  fauoured  mee. 


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He  shall  reward  mee  as  my  dayes  bee  right, 
And  hands  be  cleane4  :  soe  shall  Hee  mee  requite  ; 
For  I  still  kept  his  pathes,  and  did  not  shunn 
To  walke  therein,  as  other  men  haue  done  : 
But  euer  sett5  His  lawes  before  mine  eyes, 
And  neuer  did  His  holy  words  dispise. 
My  heart  was  vncorrupt  before  Him  still, 
Pursuinge  goodnes  and  eschewinge  ill ; 
Hee  shall  reward  mee  as  my  deeds  bee  right, 
And  hands  bee  cleane  :  soe  shall  He  mee  requite. 
Unto  the  good  Thou  wilt  Thy  goodnes  show, 
And  righteous  men  Thy  righteousnes  shall  know ; 
The  pure  of  heart  shall  Thee  behold  most  pure 
But  froward  men  Thy  curses  shall  endure  ; 
Them  will  God  raise,  which  under  pressures  ly, 
And  proud  men  humble  which  doe  looke  soe  high  ; 
Hee  shall  sett  up  for  mee  a  candle  bright, 
My  God  shall  turne  my  darkness  vnto  light. 
Through  Thee,  an  host  of  men,  I  conquere  shall, 
And  with  Thy  helpe  transcend  the  highest  wal  ;6 

*  Inadvertently  written  '  cleare.'     G. 
5  '  My  '  written  and  erased  here.     G. 


6    « 


Wal'  is  supplied  in  a  more  recent  hand.     G. 


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God's  way  is  pure,  His  word  is  tride  with  fire  ; 7 
Hee  heals  all  them  which  unto  Him  retire  ; 
For  who  is  God  ?  or  who  hath  strength  and  power 
Except  our  Lord,  our  God  and  only  our  ? 
Hee  girdeth  mee  with  furniture  to  fight, 
And  guideth  mee,  and  houldeth  mee  upright ; 
My  feet  as  swift  as  hart's  feet  Hee  doth  make, 
And  vp  to  honnor's  tower  Hee  doth  mee  take ; 
Hee  giues  such  strength  unto  my  fingers  weake, 
As  that  my  arme  a  bowe  of  Steele  shall  breake. 
Thy  hands  shall  bee  my  safety  and  protection, 
Thou  shalt  aduance  mee  with  Thy  sweet  correction ; 
Thou  for  my  feet  shalt  make  a  passage  wide, 
Soe  as  my  steps  shall  neuer  goe  aside ; 
I  shall  pursue,  and  in  pursuite  outgoe, 
And  neuer  turne  till  I  haue  quelld  my  foe ; 

7  In  the  MS.  following  on  the  line  "  God's  way fire,"  is 

this  : 

"  All  those  that  trust  in  Him  will  He  vphold." 

The  Original  enables  us  to  see  that  this  was  a  variation  not  settled 

on.     The  first  form  was  evidently  as  in  the  text,  but  the  second  line, 

"  Hee   heals,"  &c,  not  being  quite  the  thought  of  the  Original, 

Davies  went  nearer  it  in  the  new  line,  "All  those,"  &c,  thinking 

perhaps  of  varying  the  first  line  to  "  tride  as  gold  ;"  but  on  reflection, 

seeing  that  was  bad,  left  it  as  at  first,  albeit  he  must  have  neglected 

to  cancel  "All  those,"  &c.     I  have  not  hesitated  to  withdraw  a  line 

the  retention  of  which  would  leave  it  without  its  fellow.     G. 


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When  I  him  smite8  he  shall  not  rise  at  all, 

If  once  at  my  victorious  feet  hee  fall. 

Thou  hast  girded  mee  with  a  sword  of  strength, 

Wherewith  I  shall  subdue  my  foes  at  length ; 

For  thou  shalt  turne  the  stubburne  necke  about 

Of  them  that  hate  mee  till,  I  root  them  out ; 

Then  shall  they  crie  (but  helpe  there  shall  be  non) 

Euen  to  the  Lord,  Who  shall  not  heare  their  mone. 

My  foes  to  powder  I  shall  breake  and  bray 

And  tread  them  down  like  mire  amid  the  way. 

Thou  my  rebellious  subjects  shalt  accord, 

And  ouer  Heathen  Nations  make  mee  Lord ; 

A  people  whome  I  knowe  not  shall  mee  serue, 

And  with  base  adulation  mee  obserue  ; 

These  Aliens  all,  shall  faint  and  bee  dismaied 

And  in  their  strongest  Castles  bee  afraid. 

Liue  Lord  !  my  strength  :  and  blessed  bee  therefore 

And  praised  bee  my  Sauiour  euermore, 

Who  doth  repay  my  foes  with  vengeance  due, 

And  unto  mee  my  vassals  doth  subdue ; 

Who  doth  not  only  saue  but  sett  mee  high 

Aboue  my  foes,  and  there 9  feirce  crueltie. 

8  The  MS.  reads  '  sute'  but  as   above,    Query — contracted    for 
'smite'?     G.  9   =  their.     G 


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For  this,  both  of  my  thanks  and  praise  to  Thee, 

be  Heathen  Nations  witneses  shall  bee  : 
For  wealth  and  power  and  blessings  manie  moe, 
On  Dauid  and  his  race  Thou  shalt  bestowe. 

PSALM  XIX. 
The  workmanship  of  heauen  soe  bright  and  faire, 
Thy  power  O  Lord,  and  glorie  doth  declare  ; 
One  day  Thy  praise  doth  to  another  preach, 
One  night  another  doth  in  order  teach  ; 
Where  euer  anv  tongue  or  vovce  doth  sound. 
In  all  the  world  their  speech  is  heard  around. 
Ii  middest  of  heauen,  the  hands  of  God  hath  pig? 
F:>r  the  sunne's  lodgeinge,  a  pauilion  bright : 
"Who  as  a  bridegroome  from  his  chamber  go^ 
Cr  Giant,  marchinsre  forth  asrainst  his  foes. 
Fee  issues ;  and  from  East  to  West  doth  runne  : 
Fis  peircinge  heat  noe  liueinge  weight2  can  shun. 
God's  lawe  is  perfect  and  man's  soule  renues. 
And  simple  mindes  with  knowledge  it  endu. 

1  =  pitched,  as  ante.     G. 

:  A  later  hand  has  placed  above  this,  '  wight '  :  which  is  only  a 
diferent  spelling.  Mr.  Bruce,  (as  before)  adds  Qu :  It  seeme  to  have 
sood  originally  ;  weigh.'  The  Corrector  added  a  '  t '  and  then  per- 
haps thinking  it  not  quite  clear,  or  not  liking  the  incorrect  spelling, 
vrote  '  wight '  above  it.     G. 


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Right  are  His  statutes  and  rejoyce  the  heart, 

Light  to  the  eyes  His  precepts  pure  impart ; 

His  feare  is  cleane  and  soe  endures  for  aye ; 

His  judgements  true  and  righteous  euery  way  ; 

More  sweet  then  honie,  to  bee  valewed  more 

Then  many  heapes  of  finest  goulden  oare. 

They  rectifie  withall  Thy  seruants  minde, 

And  who  soe  keeps  them,  great  reward  shall  finde ; 

But  Lord  who  knowes  how  oft  hee  doth  transgresse  ? 

O  clense  mee  from  my  secret  wickednes  ! 

Nor  let  presumptuous  sinns  beare  rule  in  mee, 

Soe  shall  I  from  the  great  offence  bee  free  ; 

And  Lord  !  my  strength  and  Sauiour  !  soe  direct 

My  words  and  thoughts  as  Thou  maiest  them  accept. 

PSALM  XX. 

The  Lord  giue  eare  to  thee  in  thy  distresse  ! 
And  bee  thy  Sheilde,  when  trubles  thee  oppresse ! 
And  let  His  help  come  downe  from  heauen  for  thee  ! 
And  strength  from  Syon  Hill  imparted  bee  ! 
Let  Him  remember,  and  accept  withall, 
Thine  offerings  and  thy  sacrifices  all ; 
And  of  His  bountie  euermore  fulfill 
Thy  hearts  desire  ;  and  satisfie  thy  will. 


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But  wee  will  glory  in  our  great  God's  name 
And  joy  in  our  saluation  through  the  same  ; 
And  pray  unto  the  Lord  our  God,  that  Hee 
The  effect  of  all  thy  prayers  will  graunt  to  thee. 
Hee  now  I  know  will  heare,  and  helpe  will  bringe, 
With  His  strong  hand  to  His  annoynted  Kinge  ; 
On  chariots  some,  on  horses  some,  rely, 
But  wee  inuoke  the  name  of  God  Most  High. 
Those  others  are  bowed  downe  and  fall  full  lowe, 
When  wee  are  risen  and  vpright  doe  goe. 
Saue  us  O  Lord  of  Heauen  !  and  heare  us  thence, 
When  wee  inuoke  Thy  name  for  our  defence. 

PSALM  XXL 

Glad  is  the  kinge,  and  joyfull  is  his  hart, 

That  Thou  O  Lord,  his  strength  and  safety  art  • 

That  Thou  hast  giuen  him  what  his  heart  desired, 

And  not  denied  him  what  his  lipps  required  ; 

Preuentinge  him  with  blessings  manifould, 

And  crowninge  him  with  pure  refined  gould. 

Hee  askt  Thee  life,  Thou  gauest  him  length  of  daies, 

Euen  endlesse  life,  to  giue  Thee  endlesse  praise  ; 

His  safety,  through  Thy  prouidence  deuine 

With  honour  great  and  glorie  makes  him  shine  \ 


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Blisse  without  end  Thou  wilt  to  him  jmpart, 

The  sunn-beames  of  Thy  face  will  cheare  his  hart : 

For  in  Thy  mercy  hee  doth  trust  withall, 

Which  staves  his  stepps  that  hee  shall  neuer  fall ; 

But  Thy  long  hand  shall  reach  Thy  flyinge  foe 

And  finde  him  when  he  most  secure  doth  goe ; 

Thine  enimies  shall  (when  kindled  is  Thine  ire) 

As  in  a  furnace  be  consumed  with  fire ; 

Their  ofspringe  from  the  Earth  shall  rotted  bee, 

Their  second  generation  non  shall  see  : 

For  against  Thee  and  Thine  their  councell  was, 

Yet  could  not  bringe  their  wicked  plott  to  passe, 

But  turn'd  their  backes  and  put  themselues  to  chase, 

When  Thou  hadst  bent  Thy  bowe  against  their  face  ; 

Bee  pleased  in  Thine  owne  strength  Thyselfe  to  raise, 

Soe  shall  wee  Lord.  Thy  power  and  mercie  praise. 

PSALM  XXII. 
My  God  !  my  God  !  why  leauest  Thou  mee  ?  and  why 
Dost  Thou  soe  farr  withdraw  Thee  from  my  crie  ? 
I  cry  all  day,  but  Thou  dost  not  giue  eare  ; 
At  night  I  cease  not,  yet  Thou  wilt  not  heare  ; 
Yet  Thou  art  holy  still,  Thou  God  of  might, 
Thy  people's  great  renowne  and  glory  bright ; 


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When  our  forefathers  plac't  their  hope  in  Thee 
From  cruell  bondage  Thou  didst  sett  them  free ; 
In  Thee  they  trusted,  and  to  Thee  they  prayed, 
And  neuer  faild  of  Thy  celestiall  aid  ; 
But  as  for  mee,  a  worme  not  man,  am  I ; 
A  scorne  to  euery  man  that  passeth  by  ; 
They  laugh  and  mocke,  my  poore  estate  to  see  ; 
They  draw  their  mouth  and  shake  their  heads  at  mee ; 
And  say,  '  hee  hop't  in  God,  that  Hee  should  saue 

him, 
Now  let  God  rescue  him  if  Hee  will  haue  him.' 
But  Thou  Lord  from  my  mother's  wombe  didst  take 

mee, 
And  when  I  suck't  her  brest,  didst  not  forsake  mee  ; 
Euen  from  my  birth  I  was  to  Thee  bequeathed, 
And  Thou  hast  bene  my  God  since  first  I  breathed. 
O  leaue  mee  not  when  trubles  doe  mee  presse, 
And  there  is  non  to  helpe  mee  in  distresse  ; 
Many  strong  beasts  haue  mee  invironed 
As  fatt  and  feirce  as  bulls  ix  Bash  an  fedd  ; 
They  runne  on  mee  with  open  mouthes  and  wide  ; 
Like  hungry-  lyons  rampinge  in  their  pride. 
My  soule,  like  water  on  the  earth  is  spilt, 
My  joynts  are  loosed,  my  heart  like  wax  doth  melt, 


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My  synewes  shrunke  are,  like  a  potsheard  drie, 

My  tongue  cleaues  to  my  jawes,  dead  dust  am  I. 

For  many  doggs  haue  compast  me  about, 

I  am  besett  with  a  malitious  rout  ; 

They  peirce  My  hands  and  feet,  and  stare  on  Mee, 

And  euery  ribb  of  My  leane  bodie  see  j 

They  spoyle  Mee  of  My  garments,  and  beside, 

The  parts  thereof  by  lotts  they  doe  deuide. 

Lord  !  bee  not  farr,  when  I  Thy  help  shall  need, 

Thou  art  My  strength,  O  succour  Mee  with  speed  ! 

And  sheild  Mee  from  the  sword,  and  from  the  power 

Of  doggs,  which  would  My  dearest  Soule  deuoure  ! 

And  from  the  lyon's  mouth,  and  from  the  homes 

Of  many,  fearce,  insultinge  unicornes  ! 

Among  My  kinn  will  I  declare  Thy  name, 

And  in  the  great  Assembly  spread  the  same. 

Yee  that  feare  Him  His  praise  and  glory  tell, 

And  honnour  Him  yee  seed  of  Israell  ; 

Hee  scorneth  not  the  poore,  nor  hides  His  face, 

But  heares  his  suit  when  hee  laments  his  case. 

When  all  Thy  faithfull  folke  assembled  bee, 

I  sound  Thy  praise  and  pay  my  vowes  to  Thee. 

The  Lord  shall  fully  satisfie  the  meeke, 

Their  soule  shall  hue  which  His  light  face  doe  seeke  ; 


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The  East  and  West  shall  turne  to  their  right  minde, 
And  to  the  true  God's  worshipp  be  inclinde ; 
Who  doth,  of  all  the  world  the  Scepter  beare, 
Rules  and  commaunds  the  nations  euery  where ; 
The  fatt  shall  eate  and  worshipp  Him  therefore, 
And  they  that  lye  in  dust  shall  Him  adore. 
Euen  hee  which  cannot  his  own  life  preserue, 
Nor  quicken  his  owne  soule,  the  Lord  shall  serue. 
Their  seed,  O  Lord  !  shall  serue  to  worshipp  Thee, 
And  with  Thy  chosen  people  numbred  bee  ; 
And  to  their  children's  children,  shall  expresse 
Thine  euerlasting  truth  and  righteousnes. 

PSALM  XXIII. 

The  Lord  my  Sheaperd  is,  Hee  doth  mee  feed, 
His  bounty  euermore  supplies  my  need  ; 
When  I  in  pastures  greene  my  fill  haue  tooke, 
He  leads  mee  forth  into  the  siluer  brooke  ; 
Hee  turnes  my  soule,  when  it  is  gon  astray, 
For  His  name's  glory,  to  His  rightfeous] 3  way ; 
Therefore  although  my  soule  detruded  were, 
Euen  to  Hell's  gates,  yet  I  not  ill  should  feare ; 

3  I  add  '  eous  '  to  '  right '  of  the  MS.  agreeably  to  the  Prayer  Book 
version — "  and  bring  me  forth  in  the  paths  of  righteousness."      G. 


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When  Thou  art  with  mee,  what  should  mee  dismay  ? 
Thy  crooke,  my  comfort  is ;  Thy  staffe,  my  stay ; 
My  table  Thou  hast  spread  and  furnisht  soe, 
As  glads  my  heart,  and  gremes  my  enuious  foe  ; 
Thy  balme  powr'd  on  my  head,  doth  sweetly  smell ; 
Thou  makst  my  cup  aboue  the  brimme  to  swell. 
Thy  mercy,  while  I  breathe,  shall  follow  mee, 
And  in  Thy  house  my  dwellinge-place  shall  bee. 

PSALM  XXIV. 
The  Earth,  and  all  things  which  on  the  Earth  remaine, 
Euen  all  the  world,  doth  to  the  Lord  pertaine ; 
Amid  the  Sea,  Hee  founded  hath  the  Land 
And  made  this  Globe  aboue  the  floods  to  stand. 
Who  shall  unto  Jehouah's  Mount  ascend? 
Or  who  shall  in  His  holy  place  attend  ? 
Euen  hee  whose  hands  are  cleane,  whose  heart  is  pure, 
Whose  tongue  is  true,  whose  oath  is  just  and  sure. 
He  shall  receaue  both  righteousnes  and  blisse 
From  God,  Whose  mercy  his  saluation  is. 
Such  are  the  seed  of  Jacob's  faithfull  race, 
Which  seeke  the  Lord,  and  loue  to  see  His  face ; 
Ye  euerlasting  Gates,  your  heads  upreare, 
And  let  the  King  of  Glory  enter  there. 


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That  glorious  name,  to  Whome  doth  it  belong  ? 
To  God  Most  Mightie  and  in  warr  most  stronge. 
Eternall  dores,  lift  [up]  your  heads,  I  say 
That  there,  the  King  of  Glorie  enter  may. 
The  King  of  Glory  enters,  what  is  Hee  ? 
The  Lord  of  Hosts  is  knowne  that  Kinge  to  bee. 

PSALM  XXV. 

Mine  humble  soule  O  Lord  !  I  lift  to  Thee, 
On  Whome  my  trust  shall  euer  fixed  bee ; 
O  suffer  not  my  cheekes  with  shame  to  glowe, 
Nor  make  me  slaue  to  my  insultinge  foe  ; 
For  they  which  hope  in  Thee  incurr  noe  blame, 
But  wilfull  synners  shall  bee  clothed  with  shame. 
To  mee,  O  Lord  !  vouchsafe  Thy  wayes  to  show, 
And  Thy  right  pathes,  that  I  therein  may  goe ; 
Teach  mee  the  way  of  truth,  direct  my  will ; 
Thou  art  my  Sauiour,  I  attend  Thee  still ; 
Receaue  mee  Lord,  and  to  remembrance  call 
Thy  ould  compassions,  and  Thy  mercies  all ; 
But  of  Thy  wonted  grace  to  mee,  O  Lord 
Of  the  errours  of  my  youth  keep  noe  record ; 
The  Lord  is  good,  and  for  His  goodnes'  sake 
Heejeaches  sinners,  godly  wayes  to  take  ; 


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Yet  Hee  His  learninge  doth  to  non  impart 

But  to  the  meeke  and  to  the  humble  hart  ; 

His  pathes  are  grace  and  truth ;  that  only  way 

Hee  leads  all  those  which  doe  His  will  obey. 

For  Thy  name's  glorie,  I  doe  Thee  intreat 

To  my  great  sinns,  extend  Thy  mercie  great 

To  him  which  feares  the  Lord,  the  Lord  doth  showe 

How  in  his  callinge  hee  may  safely  goe  ; 

His  soule  shall  bee  at  ease  and  all  his  race, 

Shall  in  the  Land  possesse  a  blessed  place ; 

His  couenant  and  His  counselles  neare,4 

God  shewes  to  them  in  whome  Hee  plants  His  feare ; 

My  looke  to  Him  shall  euer  raised  bee, 

Who  from  the  nett  my  captiue  feet  doth  free. 

Haue  mercy  Lord  on  mee  !  and  turne  Thy  face 

To  see  my  desolate  and  wither'd  case  ; 

Enlarged  is  my  greife  and  heauines, 

But  Lord,  enlarge  Thou  mee  from  my  distresse  ! 

Looke  on  the  wofull  State  that  I  am  in  ; 

Remitt  the  cause  thereof,  which  is  my  synne  ; 

My  foes  consider,  and  their  multitude 

Which  mee  with  deadly  hatred  hath  pursude  ; 


4  Though  not  written  with  the  contraction-sign  of  '  es  '  it  is 
spelled  therewith.  The  measure  requires  '  neare '  to  be  read  as  abi- 
syllable.     G. 


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And  keepe  my  soule5  from  sinne,6  my  face  from  shame, 

Who  trust  in  Thee  and  call  upon  Thy  name. 

Let  truth  and  righteousnes  without  deceipt 

Still  wait  on  mee,  because  on  Thee  I  wait ; 

And  sett  Thy  faithfull  Israell  at  rest 

From  all  the  trubles  which  doe  him  molest. 

PSALM  XXVI. 

Bee  thou  my  Iudge,  O  Lord  !  my  cause  is  just ; 

I  shall  not  stagger  while  in  Thee  I  trust. 

Weigh  and  examine  mee,  search  all  my  vaines, 

The  bottom  of  my  heart  and  inward  raines ; 

I  sett  Thy  goodnes  euer  in  my  sight, 

Which  in  Thy  truth  doth  guide  my  stepps  aright ; 

I  use  not  to  conuerse  with  persons  vaine, 

Nor  with  dissemblers  fellowship  retaine  ; 

My  soule  the  assembly  of  the  wicked  hates. 

Nor  will  I  sitt  among  ungodly  mates  ; 

Repentance  haueing  made  my  conscience  cleare, 

Then  will  I  Lord,  approach  Thine  Alter  neare ; 

That  I  may  thanke  [Thee]  both  with  harte  and  voyce, 

And  tellinge  of  Thy  wondrous  workes  rejoyce 

5  '  face '  previously  written  and  erased.     G.  6  '  Shame  '  for 

1  sinne  : '  but  also  erased.     G. 

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Thy  temple  Lord,  I  loue  exceeding  well, 

Wherein  Thy  Majestie  and  Glorie  dwell. 

O  let  not  sinfull  men  my  soule  enclose, 

Nor  of  my  life  let  sinfull  men  dispose  ; 

Whose  hands  are  foule,  their  sinnes  them  foule  doe 

make, 
And  full  of  guifts  which  they  coruptly  take  ; 
But  I  to  leaue  a  blamelesse  life  entend  : 

0  Lord  therein  with  mercie  mee  defend. 

My  foot  stands  right  and  therefore  all  my  dayes 
In  all  assemblies  I  the  Lord  will  praise. 

PSALM  XXVII. 

God  is  my  light,  saluation,  strength  and  aid, 
Of  whome  and  what  shall  I  then  bee  afraid  ? 
The  wicked  came  to  haue  devour'd  mee  quite, 
But  stumbled  in  their  way,  and  fell  downe-right. 
Though  mighty  armies  in  my  wayes  were  laid, 

1  stand  secure,  I  cannot  bee  dismaid. 

One  thinge  I  wish,  euen  while  I  Hue  to  dwell, 
In  God's  faire  House,  where  beauty  doth  excell ; 
His  tent,  in  time  of  truble,  shall  mee  hide, 
And  I  shall  on  His  rocke  of  safety  bide  ; 
Now  shall  Hee  lift  my  head  aboue  my  foes, 
Which  mee  with  armed  multitudes,  enclose ; 


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And  now  will  I  His  praise  in  trihumph  singe, 
And  joyfull  offerings  to  His  temple  bringe  ; 
And  let  my  cries  approach  Thy  gracious  eare, 
Vouchsafe  in  mercie  my  complaints  to  heare ; 
My  heart  doth  tell  that  Thou  bidst  mee  still 
Thy  face  to  seeke  :  Lord  !  seek  Thy  face  I  will. 
Then  doe  not  hide  from  mee  Thy  face  soe  bright, 
Nor  in  Thy  wrath  exclude  mee  from  Thy  sight ; 
Thou  euer  wast  mine  aid,  since  I  was  borne  : 
God  of  my  safety  leaue  me  not  forlorne. 
My  father  and  my  mother  both  forsooke  mee, 
But  then  the  Lord  to  his  tuition  tooke  mee ; 
Teach  mee  the  way  that  I  therein  may  goe, 
Soe  shall  I  neuer  fall  before  my  foe ; 
Nor  fall  into  their  power  which  doe  me  hate7 
And  brought  false  oathes  against  mee  in  the  gate. 
My  heart  had  fail'd  but  that  my  hope  to  see 
God's  endlesse  blisse  in  heauen,  did  comfort  mee. 
Then  stay  God's  time,  Hee  shall  thee  stay  at  length, 
And  Hee  till  then  shall  arme  thy  heart  with  strength. 

PSALM  XXVIII. 

Heare  (Lord  my  strength  !)  the  crie  I  make  to  Thee ! 
I  am  but  dead,  if  Thou  seeme  deafe  to  mee : 


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Heare,  when  with  humble  prayer,  I  Thee  entreat, 

With  lifted  hands  before  Thy  mercy  seate. 

But  rancke  me  not  with  those  which  wicked  are, 

Whose  lipps  speake  peace,  whose  hearts  are  full  of  warr ; 

Accordinge  to  their  actions  let  them  speed, 

And  as  their  merrit  is,  soe  make  their  need ; 

For  that  they  see  Thy  workes,  and  yet  neglect  them, 

Thou  shalt  destroy  and  neuer  more  erect  them : 

The  Lord  bee  praisd  Who  hath  vouchsaft  to  heare, 

And  lend  unto  my  prayer  a  gracious  eare ; 

His  sheild  protects,  His  strength  doth  mee  aduance  ; 

My  tongue  shall  sing  His  praise,  my  heart  shall  dance ; 

Hee  to  His  seruants,  force,  and  vertue,  giues ; 

Through  Him  in  safetie  His  annoynted  Hues. 

Saue  Thy  peculier  people,  Lord  !  and  blesse  them, 

And  lift  their  heads  aboue  them  that  oppresse  them. 

PSALM  XXIX. 
Yee  kings,  since  by  God's  power  and  grace,  yee  raigne, 
Glory  and  power  ascribe  to  Him  againe  ; 
Yeild  Him  the  honnour  due  to  His  great  name, 
And  in  His  glorious  Courts,  His  praise  proclaime ; 
His  voyce  doth  cause  the  Seas,  to  swell  and  shake, 
And  in  the  heauens  the  dreadful!  thunder  make ; 


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Jehouah's  voice,  effects  of  power  doth  breed, 
It  is  a  stronge  and  glorious  voyce  indeed  ; 
His  voyce  the  cedar  doth  in  sunder  teare, 
The  Cedars  which  Mount  Lebanus  doth  beare ; 
Makes  Lebanus,  and  Hermon  hill,  to  tremble 
And  skippinge  Calues  and  Unicornes,  resemble ; 
Doth  breake  the  clouds,  and  flames  of  fire  deuide, 
The  deserts  shake,  euen  Cades  7  desert  wide  ; 
Makes  hindes  to  calue,  for  feare  makes  forrests  bare, 
While  in  His  temple  wee  His  praise  declare ; 
The  Lord  vpon  the  water-floods  doth  raigne, 
The  Lord  a  Kinge  for  euer  doth  remaine ; 
The  Lord  shall  still  His  people's  strength  encrease, 
And  giue  to  them  the  blessinge  of  His  peace. 

PSALM  XXX. 

Highly  the  Lord  I  praise  Who  setts  mee  high 
Aboue  my  proud  insultinge  enimie ; 
Sicke  to  the  death,  I  cried  to  God  for  ease, 
And  Hee  hath  cur'd  my  dangerous  disease ; 
Hee  from  the  graue  hath  lifted  up  my  head 
And  hath  reduc'ts  mee  from  among  the  dead. 


7  The  Kadesh  of  our  Authorised  Version  is  spelled  Cades  in  the 
Prayer  Book.     G.  8= re-led.     G. 


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Yee  saints  of  His  in  songs  His  praise  expresse, 

With  thankes 9  make  mention  of  His  holmes  ; 

For  momentarie  His  displeasure  is, 

When  in  His  fauour  there  is  life  and  blisse  ; 

Sad  sorrow  may  continue  for  a  night, 

But  joy  returneth  with  the  morninge  light. 

"When  my  estate  did  prosper,  then  said  I 

I  shall  not  fall,  my  seat  is  fixt  on  high. 

But  when  Thou  Lord,  didst  turne  Thy  face  aside, 

Then  was  I  trubled,  and  to  Thee  I  cride ; 

To  Thee  began  I  then  againe  to  pray, 

And  in  my  humble  prayer  thus  did  say : 

What  profit  can  there  by  my  death  arise, 

When  buried  in  the  graue  my  body  lies  ? 

Shall  dust  and  ashes  celebrate  Thy  name  ? 

Or  shall  the  silent  Toombe  Thy  truth  proclaime  ? 

Lord,  heare  my  prayer,  and  then  Thy  mercie  show 

In  aidinge  mee  against  my  cruell  foe  ! 

Loe  now  to  dancinge,1  Thou  hast  turn'd  my  sadnes, 

Out2  of  my  sackloth  girded  mee  with  gladnes. 

9  With  reference  to  the  '  es'  here  and  elsewhere,  it  is  given  only 
when  written  in  full  and  not  by  contraction-sign  :  the  latter,  except 
where  the  rhythm  demands  it,  is  represented  by  the  simple  '  s  '  of  our 
modern  plural.     Cf.  prefatory  Note  to  these  '  Psalms,'  ante.     G. 

1  '  sadnes '  written  and  erased  here.     G. 

-  I  am  uncertain  whether  this  is  '  But '  or  '  Out.'     G. 


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For  this  shall  euerie  good  man  singe  Thy  praise, 
And  I  shall  thanke  and  blesse  Thee  all  my  dayes. 

PSALM  XXXI. 
In  Thee,  O  Lord  !  haue  I  put  all  my  trust, 
Then  rescue  mee  from  shame,  as  Thou  art  just ; 
Giue  eare,  and  soone  from  perill  sett  mee  free ; 
Bee  Thou  a  Rocke  and  stronge  defence  to  mee  ; 
Thou  art  my  Rocke  and  Castle  when  I  stray ; 
Bee  Thou  my  Guide,  and  leade  mee  in  the  way. 
Thou  art  my  strength  ;  O  cleare  mee  from  that  net 
Which  priuily  my  foes  for  mee  haue  sett  ! 
Into  Thy  hands3  my  soule  I  doe  committ : 
Lord  God  of  truth  Thou  hast  redeemed  it. 
I  hate  all  those  which  in  vain  lies  delight, 
For  all  my  trust  is  in  the  Lord  of  might. 
Thy  mercies  glad  my  heart :  for  in  my  woe 
Thou  hast  vouchsaft  my  [weary]  soule  to  knowe. 
Thou  hast  not  left  mee  prisoner  with  my  foe, 
But  sett  me  free  that  I  at  large  may  goe. 
Yeild  to  my  trubles  mercifull  releife, 
My  eares  waxe  deafe,  my  heart  doth  melt  with  greife. 

3  In  MS.  another  example  of  the  contraction-sign  of  *es  '  with  *e' 
preceding.     Cf.  prefatory  Note,  as  supra.     G. 


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Few  are  my  yeares,  in  number  to  be  tould, 

Yet  sorrow,  care,  and  greife,  hath  made  mee  ould ; 

My  strength  with  prayer  and  anguish  doth  decay, 

My  joynts  growe  weake,  my  bones  consume  away  ; 

I  am  a  scorne  to  all  my  enimies, 

But  specially  my  Neighbours  mee  dispise  ; 

My  very  presence  did  my  friends  affright, 

And  all  my  ould  acquaintance  shun  my  sight 

I  am  forgott  as  if  I  buried  lay, 

And  viler  then  a  broken  pott  of  clay. 

I  heard  the  waylings  of  the  multitude 

And  trembled  while  they  did  my  death  conclude ; 

But  all  my  hope  hath  beene  O  Lord  in  Thee, 

Whome  I  professe  my  only  Lord  to  bee ; 

My  tyme  is  in  Thy  hand,  O  doe  not  leaue 

Mee  in  their  hands  which  would  my  life  bereue. 

O  turne  to  mee  the  brightnes  of  Thy  face, 

And  saue  mee  through  Thy  mercy  and  Thy  grace ; 

Make  not  mee  blush  which  did  invoke  Thy  name, 

But  put  my  foes  to  silence  and  to  shame ; 

And  let  the  lipps  bee  dumbe  which  vtter  lyes 

Against  the  righteous  in  spightfull-wise. 

O  what  blessings,  dost  Thou  keepe  in  store 

For  them  that  feare  and  loue  Thee  euermore ; 


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Thou  shalt  protect  them  from  the  great  men's  pride, 

And  in  Thy  Tent  from  stormes  of  tongues  them  hide. 

Blest  bee  the  Lord  Whose  mercies  manifold 

Doe  keepe  mee  safer  then  the  strongest  hold ; 

When  I  with  passion  was  transported  quite, 

I  said  I  was  sequester'd  from  His  sight ; 

And  yet  for  all  my  weaknes,  heard  was  I, 

When  to  my  Maker  I  did  make  my  crie. 

Loue  Him  yee  Saints  of  His  who  guardeth  those 

Who  trust  in  Him  :  and  pay'st4  their  proudest  foes. 

Yee  that  rely  on  Him  be  strong  of  hart 

And  Hee  to  you  shall  heauenly  strength  jmpart. 

PSALM  XXXII. 

Happie  indeed  and  truly  blest  is  hee 

Whose  sinnes  remitted  and  faults  couered  bee ; 

To  whome  the  Lord  doth  not  jmpute  his  sinne, 

Whose  single  heart  hath  not  deceipt  therein. 

When  I  was  silent  I  consum'd  away, 

And  pyninge  greife  did  waste  mee  day  by  day ; 

Thy  hand  on  mee  was  heauy  still,  whereby 

My  moisture  grewe  like  draught  in  Summer  drie. 

4  This  word  has  been  altered  in  the  IMS.  by  the  (original)  writer, 
and  the  reading  cannot  be  very  certainly  made  out ;  but  I  read  pay'st 
=plenteously  rewarded.     G. 


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My  sinne  I  will  acknowledge  Lord  to  Thee, 

My  secret  faults  shall  not  concealed  bee ; 

I  said,  I  will  my  synnes  to  God  confesse, 

And  God  forthwith  forgaue  my  wickednesse. 

If  good  men  seeke  Him  when  Hee  may  be  found, 

The  world's  high  waues  shall  neuer  them  surround ; 

Thou  hid'st  mee  close  and  sauest  mee  from  annoy, 

And  dost  enuirone  mee  with  songs  of  joy ; 

When  Thou  hast  sett  mee  in  Thyne  owne  right  way, 

Thine  eye  doth  guide  mee  that  I  doe  not  stray. 

Then  must  I  not  be  brute,  as  horse  and  mule, 

Which  men  with  bitt  and  bridle  only  rule. 

With  many  whipps,  God  doth  the  wicked  chase 

But  doth  with  mercies  faithfull  men  embrace ; 

Bee  glad,  rejoyce,  and  glory  in  the  Lord 

All  yee  whose  hearts  doth  with  His  will  accord. 

PSALM  XXXIII. 

Rejoyce  yee  righteous  in  the  Lord,  and  singe  ; 
To  giue  God  thankes,  it  is  a  comely  thinge  : 
Singe  prayses  unto  Him  and  sett  your  songs 
To  harpe  and  lute,  that  speaketh  with  ten  tongues  j 
Singe  to  the  Lord  a  new  composed  songe, 
With  chearefull  heart  and  with  affection  stronge ; 


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For  His  most  holy  Word  is  euer  true, 
And  all  His  workes  His  constancie  doe  shew. 
Hee  loueth  right  and  justice  euermore, 
And  with  His  blessinge  Hee  the  earth  doth  store ; 
For  by  His  word  the  heauens  created  were  ; 
His  breath  made  euery  Starr  and  euery  sp'ere  ;5 
The  Seas,  as  in  a  Storehouse  Hee  doth  keepe, 
And  heapes  them  up  as  treasures  in  the  deepe ; 
The  earth  before  the  Lord  shall  quake  for  feare, 
And  all  that  dwell  on  His  round  Center  here  : 
Hee  spake,  and  they  were  made  ;  at  His  commaund 
The  heauens  began  to  moue,  the  earth  to  stand. 
Counsells  of  princes  and  of  Nations  great, 
And  peoples'  plotts,  His  wisdome  doth  defeat ; 
But  God's  owne  counsell,  purpose  and  decree, 
Eternall  stand,  and  cannot  frustrate  bee. 
That  Nation  hath  true  happines  and  blisse, 
Whose  God  and  Lord,  the  Lord  Jehouah  is ; 
Downe  from  the  highest  heauen  the  Lord  did  looke, 
And  of  all  men  a  full  suruey  Hee  tooke  ; 
From  Heauen  aboue  the  Lord  did  cast  His  eye, 
And  all  mens  wayes  and  wanderings  did  espie. 

5  Qu  :   =  sphere  ?     G. 


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Hee  formed  all  their  hearts,  and  understands 

Their  thoughts,  their  words,  and  workes  of  all  their  hands. 

The  greatest  armies  cannot  saue  a  Kixge, 

Nor  strength  unto  a  stronge  man  safety  bringe ; 

His  trust  is  vaine  who  trusteth  in  his  horse, 

And  seekes  deliuerance  by  soe  small  a  force  ; 

With  gracious  eye  the  Lord  behoulds  the  just, 

Which  Him  doe  feare  and  in  His  mercie  trust : 

In  tyme  of  dearth  their  hungrie  soules  to  feed 

And  from  deathe's  jawes  to  rescue  them  with  speed. 

Our  soules  with  patience  for  the  Lord  haue  staid, 

Who  is  our  only  sheild,  support  and  aid ; 

Our  hearts  shall  Him  as  our  true  joy  embrace, 

For  wee  our  only  trust  in  Him  doe  place. 

Thy  mercie  Lord  to  us  exceeded  bee, 

According  to  the  hope  wee  haue  in  Thee. 

PSALM  XXXIV. 
Lord  euermore  will  I  giue  thankes  to  Thee, 
And  in  my  mouth  Thy  praise  shall  euer  bee ; 
My  soule  shall  boast  that  shee  Thy  seruant  is, 
The  humble  shall  be  glad  to  heare  of  this ; 
Come  then,  O  come,  and  let  vs  praise  the  Lord, 
And  magnifie  His  name  with  sweet  accord. 


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I  sought  the  Lord  by  prayer  which  He  did  heare, 

And  saued  mee  from  that  ill  my  soule  did  feare. 

Looke  towards  God,  thou  shalt  enlightened  bee, 

And  no  foule  shame  shall  euer  light  on  thee. 

The  poor  man's  crie,  the  Lord  doth  quickly  heare, 

And  doth  for  all  his  trubles  quitt  him  cleare ; 

Such  as  feare  God  His  Angell  guards  them  all, 

From  euery  mischeife  that  may  them  befall. 

O  taste  the  Lord,  and  see  how  sweet  Hee  is, 

The  man  that  trusts  in  Him  Hues  still  in  bliss. 

O  feare  the  Lord,  yee  that  are  saints  of  His, 

Who  feare  the  Lord  noe  needfull  thinge  shall  misse. 

Rich  become  poore,  and  lyons  hungrie  bee, 

But  such  as  feare  the  Lord  noe  want  shall  see. 

Come  then  yee  children,  listen  and  giue  eare, 

And  I  will  teach  you  this  religious  feare  : 

What  man  art  thou  that  longest  long  to  Hue, 

And  wouldst  that  God  to  thee  good  dayes  should  giue 

Refraine  thy  tongue  from  speaking  ill  the  while, 

And  from  thy  lipps  let  there  proceed  noe  guile ; 

Doe  that  is  good,  decline  from  that  is  ill, 

Seeke  peace  with  God  and  men,  and  hould  it  still. 

Upon  good  men  God  casts  a  gentle  eye, 

And  bends  a  gentle  eare  unto  their  crye. 


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But  to  the  wicked  shewes  an  angrie  browe, 

Till  they  bee  quite  exterped,  root  and  bow  ;6 

But  when  the  righteous  cry,  the  Lord  doth  heare  them 

And  from  all  trubles  absolutely  cleare  them ; 

God's  present  helpe  the  Lord['s  own  folk]  doth  finde, 

And  such  Hee  saues  as  are  of  humble  minde. 

The  righteous  into  many  trubles  fall, 

But  God's  sweet  mercy  brings  them  out  of  all ; 

Their  very  bones  so  keepe  and  count  doth  Hee, 

As  not  one  broken  nor  one  lost,  shall  bee. 

But  some  foule  death  shall  on  the  wicked  light, 

And  they  which  hate  the  just,  shall  perish  quite ; 

But  of  his  seruants,  God  the  Sauiour  is ; 

They  trust  in  Him,  their  hope  they  cannot  misse. 

PSALM  XXXV. 
Plead  Thou  my  cause,  O  Lord  my  Advocate  ! 
Against  all  those  with  whome  I  haue  debate ; 
Fight  against  them  that  doe  against  mee  fight, 
Take  up  Thy  shield,  and  helpe  mee  with  Thy  might ; 
Lift  up  Thy  launce,  stopp  them  which  mee  pursue, 
Say  to  my  soule,  I  am  Thy  Sauiour  true ; 


6  _  « 


bough.'     G. 


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Let  shame  on  them  which  seeke  my  ruin  light, 

And  with  confusion  turne  them  all  to  flight. 

Let  them  bee  like  the  dust  before  the  winde, 

With  God's  feirce  angell  followinge  them  behinde  ; 

Set  them  in  slipperie  wayes,  and  darke  withall, 

And  let  God's  Angell  smite  them  as  they  fall ; 

For  they  have  spred  a  nett  and  dig'd  a  pitt, 

Euen  without  cause  to  catch  my  soule  in  it  : 

But  in  that  pitt  let  them  fall  vnawares, 

And  bee  entangled  in  their  proper  snares ; 

But  thou  my  soule,  whom  God 7  thus  guides  from  ill, 

Rejoyce  in  Him,  and  His  saluation  still ; 

My  bones  shall  say,  Lord  who  is  like  to  Thee  ? 

Who  poore  weake  men  men  from  their  strong  foe  dost 

free  : 
False  witnesses  arose  with  oathes  untrue, 
And  charged  mee  with  things  I  neuer  knew ; 
They  to  my  greife  did  ill  for  good  requite, 
And  recompenc't  my  kindnes  with  dispight ; 
Yet  in  their  sicknes  I  did  sackcloth  weare,8 
And  fast  and  pray  with  many  a  secret  teare; 

7  Written  with  a  small  '  g ' :  the  Scribe  varies  much  in  this.  We 
have  given  the  capital  uniformly  in  Divine  names,  nouns  and  pro- 
nouns.    G.  8  •  Ware  '  written  and  erased.     G. 


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I  could  not  more  for  friend  or  brother  mourne, 

Or  if  my  mother  to  her  graue  were  borne  : 

But  in  my  woe  they  made  great  mirth  and  glee, 

The  very  abjects  mockt  and  mowde9  at  mee ; 

Base  flatterers  and  jesters  came  withall, 

[And]  gnasht  their  teeth  to  show  their  bitter  gall. 

How  long  shall  this  bee  Lord  ?  my  soule  withdraw 

From  these  men's  wrongs,  and  from  the  lyon's  jaw  : 

Soe  in  Thy  Church  shall  I  my  thankes  proclaime, 

And  in  our  Great  Assembly  praise  Thy  name ; 

Let  not  my  foes  trihumph1  on  mee  againe, 

Nor  with  their  mockinge  eyes  shew  their  disdaine  ; 

They  meet  and  parte,  but  peace  they  doe  not  seeke 

But  to  supplant  the  peaceable  and  meeke  ; 

They  gape  and  drawe  their  mouthes  in  scornefull  wise, 

And  cry,  fie,  fie,  wee  sawe  it  with  our  eyes. 

But  Thou  their  deed  (O  Lord  !)  dost  alsoe  see  ; 

Then  bee  not  silent  soe,  nor  farr  from  mee. 

Awake,  stand  up  O  God  and  Lord  of  might, 

Auenge  my  quarrell,  judge  my  cause  aright ; 

To  Thy  doome  rather  lett  mee  fall  or  stand 

Then  subject  bee  to  their  insultinge  hand  ; 


9     


=to  wry  the  mouth.     G.  l  Cf.  Psalm  xviii,  1.  8.     G. 


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Then  they  should  say,  soe,  soe,  these  things  goe  right, 
We  haue  our  will,  and  haue  deuour'd  him  quite. 
Shame  bee  to  them  that  joy  in  my  mischance, 
And  which  to  cast  mee  downe  themselues  aduance  ; 
Let  them  bee  glad  that  my  wellwishers  bee, 
And  blesse  the  Lord  that  hath  soe  blessed  mee. 
As  for  my  tongue  it  shall  sett  forth  Thy  praise, 
And  celebrate  Thy  justice  all  my  dayes. 

PSALM  XXXVI. 

The  wicked  man's  bould  sinnes  my  heart  doe  tell, 
Noe  feare  of  God  before  his  eyes  doth  dwell ; 
Yet  flattereth  hee  himselfe  in  his  owne  sight, 
Untill  his  hatefull  deeds  bee  brought  to  light ; 
His  words  are  lies,  and  most  deceiptfull  too, 
He  leaues  of  [f]  quite  all  honest  deeds  to  doe  ; 
Hee  on  his  bed  doth  nought  but  mischeife  muse, 
Hee  shunns  noe  ill  and  noe  good  way  doth  choose  ; 
Thy  mercie  Lord  doth  to  the  heauens  extend, 
Thy  faithfullnes  doth  to  the  Cloudes  assend ; 
Thy  justice  stedfast  as  a  mountaine  is, 
Thy  judgements  deepe  as  is  the  great  Abisse ; 
Thy  noble  mercirs  saue  all  liueinge  thinges, 
The  sonnes  of  men  creepe  underneath  Thy  winges : 

vol.  11.  N 


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With  Thy  great  plenty  they  are  fedd  at  will, 
And  of  Thy  pleasure's  streame  they  drinke  their  fill ; 
For  euen  the  well  of  life  remaines  with  Thee, 
And  in  Thy  glorious  light  wee  light  shall  see  ; 
To  them  that  know  Thee,  Lord,  bee  loveinge  still, 
And  just  to  them  whose  heart  intends  noe  ill; 
Let  not  the  foot  of  pride  tread  on  my  Crowne 
Nor  the  hand  of  the  vngodly  cast  mee  downe  : 
False  are  the  wicked  in  their  slippery  wayes, 
And  haue  no  power  againe  themselues  to  raise. 

PSALM  XXXVII. 

If  ill  men  prosper  doe  not  Thou  repine, 

Nor  enuy  them  though  they2  in  glory  shyne ; 

For  as  the  grasse  they  shall  be  mowen  away, 

And  as  greene  hearbes  shall  turne  to  withered  hay  : 

Trust  thou  in  God  and  still  bee  doinge  good, 

And  thou  shalt  neuer  want  noe  house  nor  food  ; 

Delight  in  Him,  Hee  shall  to  thee  jmparte, 

The  full  desires  and  wishes  of  Thy  heart ; 

On  Him  rely,  to  Him  thy  way  commend, 

And  Hee  shall  bringe  it  to  a  blessed  end  ; 

Thine  vpright  light  shall  shine  like  the  morninge  light  ; 

And  Thy  just  dealinge  like  the  NOONE-day  bright ; 

2  Miswritten  '  thou '  in  the  MS.     G. 


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Bee  still  and  frett  not,  but  God's  leasure  stay 

Though  wicked  men  doe  prosper  in  their  way  ; 

Suppresse  Thine  anger,  let  offences  die, 

Lest  thou  be  moued  to  offend  thereby ; 

Expect  a  while,  obserue  what  will  befall ; 

Th'  ungodly  shall  bee  gon,  their  place  and  all. 

The  Lord  shall  root  out  sinners  out  of  hand, 

When  good  men  and  their  heires  shall  hould  their  Land. 

Meeke  persons  shall  enjoy  the  earthe's  encrease, 

And  shall  abound  in  plentie  and  in  peace ; 

Against  the  just  the  wicked  haue  combin'd, 

And  in  dispight  their  teeth  at  them  they  grinde  ; 

But  God  with  scorne  behoulds  them  from  the  skie, 

For  that  Hee  sees  their  day  of  ruin  nigh ; 

The  vngodly  drawes  his  sword  and  bends  his  bowe 

To  slay  the  just,  the  weake  to  ouerthrowe  : 

But  his  bent  bowe  shall  breake  and  make  him  start, 

And  his  owne  sword  shall  peirce  his  wicked  heart ; 

That  little  which  the  just  enioyes  with  peace, 

'Tis  better  then  th'  ungodlie's  great  encrease ; 

For  th'  amies  of  jmpious  men  the  Lord  will  breake, 

And  giue  the  righteous  strength  when  they  are  weake  ; 

The  just  man's  dayes  the  Lord  doth  know  and  see, 

That  his  inheritance  shall  endlessse  bee ; 


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The  tymes  of  danger  shall  not  him  confound, 

And  in  the  dayes  of  dearth,  hee  shall  abound ; 

Thy  foes  O  Lord,  shall  perish  and  consume 

Like  fatt  of  lambes,  and  vanish  into  fume  ; 

Th'  ungodly  want  and  borrow,  but  repay  not 

The  good  men  frankly  giue,  [and]  yet  decay  not ; 

Their  seat  is  firme  whom  God  hath  best  belou'd 

But  such  as  Hee  doth3  curse  shall  bee  remou'd. 

The  good  man's  goings  soe  directeth  Hee 

As  it  most  pleasinge  to  Himselfe  may  bee ; 

Oft  falls  the  just,  yet  is  not  cast  away, 

For  God's  owne  hand  is  his  support  and  stay  ; 

Though  I  am  ould,  the  just  man  or  his  seed 

I  neuer  sawe  forsaken  or  in  need ; 

Hee  doth  giue  daily  almes,  and  frankly  lend, 

Which  makes  his  ofTspringe  blessed  in  the  end ; 

Shun  to  doe  ill,  bee  euer  doinge  well, 

And  euermore  thou  shalt  in  safety  dwell ; 

The  Lord  who  loueth  right,  forsaketh  neuer, 

Those  that  are  His,  but  keepeth  them  for  euer ; 

His  children  Hee  correcteth  now  and  then, 

But  roots  out  quite  the  race  of  wicked  men. 

As  long  as  Heauen  shall  moue  and  Earth  shall  stand, 

The  righteous  men  inherit  shall  the  Land ; 

3  '  Shall '  written  and  erased.     G. 


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The  just  man's  mouth  is  wisedome's  flowinge  well, 
His  tongue,  of  truth  and  judgement  loues  to  tell ; 
And  in  his  heart  the  lawe  of  God  doth  bide, 
Which  makes  him  walke  vpright  and  neuer  slide ; 
The  wicked  sees  the  just  with  enuious  eye, 
And  lies  in  waite  to  wound  him  mortally ; 
But  God  will  neuer  leaue  him  to  his  hands, 
Nor  him  condemne  when  hee  in  judgement  stands  : 
Then  wait  thou  on  the  Lord,  and  keepe  His  way, 
Hee  shall  thy  patience  with  promotion  pay ; 
Thy  dwellinge  in  the  Land  shall  stablisht  bee, 
When  thou  the  fall  shalt  of  the  wicked  see. 
The  vngodly  in  great  power  myselfe  haue  seene, 
Soe  that  he  flourisht  like  a  bay-tree  greene ; 
But  soone's4  I  passed  by,  and  gon  was  hee, 
His  place  I  sought,  but  noe  where  could  it  see ; 
Keepe  a  cleare  conscience,  right  and  truth  intend, 
For  that  brings  peace  and  comfort  in  the  end ; 
When  sinners  shall  at  once  together  fall, 
And  in  the  end  shall  be  exterped  all ; 
But  good  mens'  safety  doth  from  God  proceed, 
Who  is  their  strength  in  truble,  helpe  at  need ; 
Against  the  wicked  Hee  assists  the  just, 
And  recues  them,  because  in  Him  they  trust. 

4  Another  example  of  '  e '  before  '  es  *  as  ante.     G. 


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PSALM  XXXVIII. 

If  for  my  sinnes  Thine  anger  kindled  bee, 

Lord  !  let  not  then  Thy  justice  chastise  mee ; 

Thine  arrowes  fixed  in  my  fleshe  doe  stand, 

I  feele  the  pressure  of  Thy  heauie  hand  ; 

I  haue  noe  health  Thine  anger  is  soe  much, 

My  bones  noe  rest  j  my  greiuous  synne  is  such, 

My  wickednes  doth  mount  aboue  my  head 

And  fallinge  presse  mee  like  a  load  of  lead  ; 

My  ulcers  are  corrupted  and  doe  smell, 

Caus'd  by  my  folly,  which  I  blush  to  tell. 

I  am  with  greife  soe  broken  and  soe  torne, 

As  I  all  day  in  heart  and  habit  mourne. 

My  loynes  are  filled  with  a  sore  desease, 

Noe  parte  of  all  my  bodie  feeleth  ease  ; 

I  am  soe  faint,  soe  feeble,  and  soe  sore, 

As  paine  and  anguish  make  mee  crie  and  roare ; 

Thou  Lord  !  the  longings  of  my  heart  dost  see, 

My  sighes  and  groanings  are  not  hidd  from  Thee. 

My  heart  doth  pant,  my  sinewes  faile  mee  quite, 

My  weepinge  eyes  haue  lost  their  power  of  sight ; 

Meane  while,  my  freinds  and  neighbours  they  looke  on, 

My  nearest  kinsmen  farthest  of[f  ]  are  gon  : 

And  they  which  seeke  my  life  haue  layed  their  snares 

And  sett  their  trapps,  to  catch  mee  vnawares. 


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They  that  to  doe  mee  mischeife  lye  in  wait, 

Doe  plott  and  practise  nothinge  but  deceit ; 

But  as  for  mee  in  silent  patience 

I  seemed  deafe  and  dumbe  and  voyde  of  sence  ; 

As  one  whose  eare  admitts  not  any  sound, 

And  in  whose  mouth  there5  is  noe  answeare  found. 

For  on  the  Lord  I  euermore  rely, 

Though  I  stand  mute,  Thou  shalt  for  mee  replie  : 

My  suite  is  that  my  foes  may  not  preuaile 

Who  greatly  joy  to  see  my  footinge  faile  ; 

For  in  a  place  of  stumblinge  sett  am  I, 

My  sad  estate  is  still  before  mine  eye  ; 

But  I  with  sorrow  will  confesse  my  synne, 

And  grieue  that  I  offend  my  God  therein  ; 

And  yet  my  foes  do  liue  and  grow  in  might, 

They  grow  in  numbers  which  do  beare  me  spight 

They  which  doe  ill  for  good,  doe  hate  mee  too, 

Because  I  loue  good  turnes  for  ill  to  doe  : 

Lord  leaue  mee  not  nor  from  mee  farr  depart, 

Saue  mee  with  speede  :  for  Thou  my  safety  art. 

PSALM  XXXIX. 
I  said  I  will  bee  wary  in  my  way ; 
Lest  I  offend  in  that  my  tongue  should  say, 

5  Miswritten  'their.'     G. 


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I  will  my  mouth  as  with  a  bridle  hould, 

While  wicked  men  with  enuy  mee  behould  : 

I  dumb  did  stand  and  from  all  speech  refraine, 

Euen  from  good  words,  which  was  to  mee  a  paine  : 

My  heart  was  hott :  while  I  such  doubts  did  cast, 

The  fire  brake  out,  and  thus  I  spake  at  last  : 

*  Lord  of  my  life  reueale  to  mee  the  end, 

The  period  showe,  to  which  my  dayes  doe  tend '  ! 

My  life  is  but  the  measure  of  a  spann, 

Nought  as  to  Thee,  so  vaine  a  thinge  is  man  : 

Who  dreaminge  walks,  and  toyles  for  wealth  in  vaine, 

And  doth  not  know  to  whome  it  shall  remaine. 

But  what  doe  I  expect  ?  what  is  my  hope  ! 

Of  my  desires  Thou  art  the  only  scope. 

Lord  !  from  my  synnes  Thine  indignation  turne 

And  make  mee  not  to  wicked  fooles  a  scorne, 

When  Thou  didst  strike  I  silent  was  and  dum[b] 

Because  I  knewe  the  blowe  from  Thee  did  come. 

Remoue  Thy  hand,  withdrawe  Thy  plague  from  me 

Wherewith  my  vitall  spirrits  consumed  bee  : 

Thy  plagues  for  sinne  doth  like  a  moth  consume 

Man's  beauty  vaine,  which  is  nought  else  but  fume. 

Lord  !  heare  my  prayer,  and  listen  to  my  cries, 

Let  not  Thy  gracious  eye  my  teares  dispise  : 


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For  I  am  but  Thy  guest,  and  sojourne  heare, 
On  earth  a  pilgrim  as  my  fathers  were ; 
O  spare  a  little,  and  my  strength  restore 
Before  I  goe  from  hence  to  come  noe  more. 

PSALM  XL. 
Long  on  the  Lord,  I  waited  patiently, 
Till  He  enclin'd  His  eare,  and  heard  my  cry  : 
Drew  mee  from  out  the  pitt  of  mire  and  clay 
Did  sett  mee  on  firrae  ground  and  guide  my  way  : 
Put  in  my  mouth  a  new  and  joyfull  song 
Of  thankes6  and  praise,  that  to  Himselfe  belong. 
Of  His  great  mercie,  many  shall  haue  sense, 
And  of  the  Lord  haue  feare  and  confidence. 
Blest  is  the  man  who  hath  on  God  relide, 
Not  turninge  vnto  lies  or  worldly  pride ; 
O  Lord  !  Thy  works  of  wonder,  they  are  such 
Thy  care  and  loue  to  vsward  is  soe  much, 
They  are  soe  great,  they  are  soe  numberlesse, 
As  if  I  would,  I  could  not  them  expresse. 
My  sacrifice  of  meates  Thou  would'st  not  take, 
But  Thou  mine  eare  didst  peirce  and  open  make. 

6  Another  example  of  '  e  '  preceding  the  contraction  '  es,'  as  also 
on  line  5th  below  this,  in  '  workes,'  and  in  Psalm  xli,  line  19th, 
'  evenings.'     See  prefatory  Note  to  these  Psalms.     G. 


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Thou  didst  not  aske  burnt-offerings  at  my  hand 
Then  Lord  said  I  '  I  come  at  Thy  commaund ; 
Thy  Booke  eternall,  doth  of  mee  record, 
That  I  should  come  to  doe  Thv  will  O  Lord  ! 
To  doe  Thy  will,  my  heart  is  pleased  well, 
For  in  my  heart  Thy  lawe  doth  euer  dwell ; 
Thy  truth  I  haue  to  all  Thy  people  tould, 
Therein  Thou  knowest  my  tongue  I  cannot  hould  : 
Thy  justice  in  my  heart  is  not  conceal'd, 
Thy  mercy  to  the  world  I  haue  reueal'd ; 
I  haue  not  spar'd  to  make  Thy  bounty  knowne, 
But  in  the  Great  Assembly  haue  it  showne. 
Take  not  Thy  wonted  mercy  Lord,  from  mee, 
But  let  Thy  goodnes  still  my  safety  bee. 
My  trubles  numberlesse  such  hould  haue  tooke 
On  my  weake  soule,  as  vp  I  cannot  looke  : 
My  sinnes  beinge  more  then 7  haires  upon  my  head, 
Make  my  heart  faint  and  vitall  spirrits  dead  : 
But  bee  it  Lord,  Thy  pleasure  and  Thy  will, 
With  speed  to  saue  and  rescue  mee  from  ill : 
Bringe  them  to  shame  that  would  my  life  destroy, 
Reproue  them  Lord,  that  wish  my  soule's  annoy : 
Let  them  bee  left  to  scorne  and  pride,  which  blame 
Which  scorninge  say  to  me,  fie,  fie,  for  shame. 

7  '  On  my '  written  here  and  erased.     G. 


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But  let  all  those  that  seeke  their  blisse,  in  Thee 
Rejoyce  and  say,  the  Lord's  name  praised  bee'. 
For  mee  who  am  contemtible  and  poore, 
The  Lord  takes  care,  and  feeds  mee  euermore : 
Thou  Lord  art  my  protection,  and  my  aid, 
Let  not  Thy  gracious  helpe  bee  long  delayed. 

PSALM  XLI. 

That  man  is  blest  who  doth  the  poore  regard  ; 
In  tymes  of  truble  God  shall  him  reward, 
Prolong  his  life,  and  blesse  him  in  the  Land, 
And  free  him  from  his  foes'  oppressing  hand  : 
Shall  comfort  him,  when  sicke  and  weake  hee  lies, 
And  make  his  bedd  till  hee  in  health  doe  rise : 
My  synne  hath  giuen  my  soule  a  greiuous  wound, 
Apply  Thy  mercy  Lord,  and  make  it  sound  ; 
Thus  speakes  my  foe  of  mee  to  show  his  spight, 
1  When  shall  his  life  and  honnour  perish  quite  '  ? 
Hee  vissitts  mee,  but  with  false  heart  and  tongue 
And  thereof  vaunts,  his  complices  amonge  : 
Euen  all  my  foes  against  mee  doe  conspire, 
And  with  one  minde  my  ruin  doe  desire ; 
'  Let  him/  say  they  of  mee,  '  in  judgement  fall 
And  when  hee  once  is  downe  not  rise  at  all.' 


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The  freind  I  trusted,  which  did  eat  my  bread, 

Hath  lifted  vp  his  heele  against  my  head. 

Thy  mercie's  winges  on  mee  O  Lord  display ; 

Raise  mee  againe,  and  I  shall  them  repay. 

By  this  I  doe  Thy  gracious  fauour  see, 

In  that  my  foe  doth  not  trihumph  on  mee. 

Thou  in  my  health  uphouldst  mee  with  Thy  hand, 

And  in  Thy  presence  I  shall  euer  stand. 

The  name  of  Jacob's  God  bee  blessed  then, 

From  age  to  age  for  euermore  :  Amen. 

PSALM  XLII. 

As  for  the  streames  the  hunted  hart  doth  bray, 
Soe  for  God's  grace  my  heart  doth  pant  and  pray. 
My  soule  doth  thirst  (O  God  of  life  !)  for  Thee, 
When  shall  I  come  Thy  blessed s  face  to  see  ? 
My  teares  are  all  my  food  both  night  and  day, 
While  '  where  is  now  thy  God  ? '  the  wicked  say. 
I  powred  out  my  hart,  while  thus  I  thought 
And  to  God's  House  the  multitude  I  brought : 
With  songs  of  praise  and  thankfullnes  withall, 
To  celebrate  the  Lord's  great  festiuall : 
Then  why  art  thou  my  soule  soe  full  of  woe, 
Vnquiet  in  thyselfe  and  vexed  soe  ? 

8  '  Life  from  thee  '  written  and  erased.     G. 


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0  put  thy  trust  in  God  and  thankfull  bee, 

For  his  sweet  helpe  His  presence  yields  to  Thee. 
My  soule  is  greiu'd  remembringe  all  the  ill 

1  felt  in  Jordan's  vale  and  Hermon  hill. 
One  depth  of  sorrow  doth  to  another  call, 
Thy  waves  O  God  haue  ouergon  mee  all  : 
I  prais'd  at  night  God's  bounty  of  the  day, 
And  vnto  Him  that  giues  mee  life  did  pray. 
God  of  my  strength,  why  hast  Thou  left  mee  soe, 
With  heauy  hart  oppressed  by  my  foe  ? 

My  foe  doth  cut  my  bones  as  with  a  sword, 

While  hee  in  scorne  repeats  this  bitter  word, 

1  Where  is  thy  God  ?  '  his  speech  to  mee  is  such  : 

•  Where  is  thy  God,  of  which  thou  talk'st  soe  much  ?  ' 

But  why  art  thou  my  soule  dejected  soe? 

Why  art  thou  trubled  and  soe  full  of  woe  ? 

Trust  thou  in  God,  and  giue  Him  thankfull  praise9 

Who  is  Thy  present  helpe  in  all  thy  wayes. 

PSALM  XLIII. 
Judge  thou  my1  cause,  [O  God  !]  and  right  mee  then, 
Against  vngodly  and  deceiptfull  men. 

0  '  O  put  thy  trust  in  God  and  thankfull  bee'  written  and  erased.  G. 

1  '  Mee  '  miswritten.     G. 


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0  God,  my  strength,  why  sett'st  Thou  mee  aside 

And  leau'st  mee  to  my  foes'  oppressinge  pride  ? 

Send  forth  Thy  light  and  truth  and  guide  mee  still, 

In  the  right  way  to  Thy  most  holy  hill. 

God  of  my2  joy,  before  Thine  Alter  high, 

My  thankfull  harte,  my  harpe  shall  justifie. 

Then  why  art  thou  my  soule  dejected  soe? 

Why  art  thou  trubled  and  soe  full  of  woe  ? 

O  put  thy  trust  in  God  and  thankfull  bee, 

For  that  sweete  aide  His  presence  giues  to  thee. 

PSALM  XLIV. 

Lord  !  of  Thy  workes,  our  fathers  haue  vs  tould, 
Some  in  their  dayes,  and  former  times  of  ould  ; 
How  Thou  hast  rooted  out  the  Pagan  race, 
And  Thy  choice  people  planted  in  their  place  : 
Who  did  not  with  their  owne  sword  winne  the  Land, 
Nor  make  the  conquest  with  their  proper  hand  ; 
But  by  Thine  Arme,  Thy  fauour  and  Thy  grace, 
Thy  countenance  and  brightnesse  of  Thy  face ; 
Thou  art  my  Kinge,  O  God,  and  royal  Guide, 
And  Thou  for  Jacob's  safety  dost  prouide. 

2  '  Thy  '  miswritten  and  corrected  in  a  later  hand.     G. 


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Wee  through  Thine  aid  our  foes  doe  bouldly  meet, 
And  by  Thy  vertue3  cast  them  at  our  feet ; 
Therefore  my  trust  I  place  not  in  my  bowe, 
Nor  in  my  sword,  to  saue  mee  from  my  foe. 
Thou  only  sau'st  vs  from  our  enimies, 
Confoundinge  them  that  doe  against  vs  rise. 
Wee  boast  and  glory  in  our  strength  therefore, 
And  to  Thy  name  singe  praises  euermore ; 
But  now  Thou  standest  of [f]  and  leau'st  vs  quite, 
And  dost  not  lead  our  armies  out  to  fight ; 
Thou  mak'st  vs  fly  before  our  foes  with  feare, 
While  they  from  vs  rich  spoyles  away  doe  beare ; 
Like  sheepe,  to  feed  them  Thy  poore  flock  is  giuen, 
Or  scattered  into  seuerall  Nations  driuen. 
Thyne  owne  deare  people  Thou  dost  sell  for  naught, 
And  setts  on  them  noe  price  when  they  are  bought ; 
Thou  hast  vs  made  vnto  our  Neighbours  all, 
An  object  of  reproch  and  scorne  withall : 
To  Nations  which  doe  worship  Idolls  dumbe, 
Wee  are4  a  byword  of  contempt  become  ; 
All  the  day  long  my  shame  is  in  my  sight, 
Which  makes  me  hide  my  face  and  shun  the  light, 

3  = Through  the  '  vertue '  of  Thy  name,  i.e.,  through  Thee.     The 
original  is  '  And  in  Thy  name.'     G. 


4  < 


Become'  written  and  erased.     G. 


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Not  able  to  endure  the  blasphemies 
And  scornes  of  my  reuengefull  enimies. 
For  all  these  ills  wee  doe  not  Thee  forgett, 
Thy  blessed  Couenant  wee  renounce  not  yet. 
Our  hearts  recede  not  from  the  Lawe  deuine, 
Nor  doe  our  footsteps  from  Thy  pathes  declyne  ; 
Though  wee  in  dennes  of  dragons  haue  bene  plac't, 
And  with  death's  fearefull  shadowes5  ouercast. 
If  wee  the  name  of  our  true  God  forgett, 
And  Idolls  false  wee  in  His  place  doe  sett, 
Shall  not  Hee  search  [it]  out,  Whose  eye  doth  see 
The  heart  of  man  whose  thoughts  most  trubled  bee? 
But  for  Thy  cause  Lord  wee  are  martir'd  still, 
Like  sheep  which  slaughter-men  cull  out  to  kill. 
Up  Lord  !  why  dost  Thou  seeme  to  slumber  thus  ? 
Awake  and  bee  not  alwayes  fair  from  vs  : 
Why  hidest  Thou  from  vs  Thy  blessed  face, 
Forgettinge  our  distresse  and  wretched  case  ? 
Our  soules  euen  to  the  dust  are  humbled  lowe, 
Our  prostrate  bodies  to  the  ground  doe  growe. 
Arise  and  helpe  vs  Lord  !  defend  vs  still, 
And  saue  vs  for  Thy  mercie's  sake  from  ill. 

5  Spelled  '  Shawdowes  '  and  corrected.     G. 


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PSALM  XLV. 

My  heart  is  mou'd  to  vtter  some  good  thinge, 

Which  I  entend  to  offer  to  the  kinge. 

My  tougue  shall  bee  the  pen,  and  swiftly  write 

What  in  my  heart  deuotion  doth  endite. 

Fairest  of  men,  whose  lipps  with  grace  abound, 

Whom  with  eternall  blessings  God  hath  crown'd ; 

Gird  Thy  sharp  sword  vpon  Thine  armed  thigh, 

And  shew  Thyselfe  in  power  and  majestie. 

Ride  on  with  Thy  great  honnour  prosperously, 

Raigne  and  trihumph,  and  bee  Thou  mounted  high, 

Borne  vp  with  justice,  truth  and  meeknes'  wings  : 

And  Thy  right  hand  shall  teach  Thee  dreadfull  things  \ 

Thine  arrowes  sharpe,  shall  make  Thy  foes  to  fall, 

Which  Thou  shalt  shoote  and  peirce  their  hearts  withall. 

Eternall  is  Thy  judgement-seat  O  God  ! 

Thy  scepter  is  a  true  directinge  rod  ; 

Right  hast  Thou  lou'd  and  loth'st  vnrighteousnes, 

And  therefore  God  Thy  God  Who  doth  Thee  blesse, 

Hath  powr'd  on  Thee  O  Prince  of  Princes  best, 

More  oyle  of  gladnes  then  on  all  the  rest : 

Thy  garments,  which  Thy  person  shall  aray, 

Brought  out  of  Iuory  wardrobes  where  they  lay, 

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Of  Myrrh,  of  Alloes,  and  of  Casha  smell ; 
Which  odours  doe  refresh  and  please  Thee  well. 
The  queene,  all  cladd  in  gould  at  Thy  right  hand, 
Daughters  of  Kings  attendinge  her,  shall  stand. 
Attend  faire  daughter,  listen  and  giue  eare, 
Forgett  thy  father's  house  and  Cuntry  deare. 
Soe  shall  the  Kinge  take  pleasure  in  thy  beautie  ; 
Hee  is  thy  Lord,  yield  Him  both  loue  and  duty. 
The  Tyrian  virgins  shall  bringe  guifts  to  thee, 
And  merchants  rich,  thy  suppliants  shall  bee. 
The  daughter  of  the  Kinge  is  rich  without, 
Her  gownes  embroidered  all  with  gould  about; 
And  yet  within,  shee  is  more  glorious  farr, 
The  Jewells  of  her  minde  more  precious  are. 
In  finest  dressinge,  with  the  needle  wrought, 
Shee  with  her  fellow  virgins  shall  bee  brought. 
They  shall  with  joy,  O  Kinge  bee  brought  to  Thee, 
And  in  Thy  princely  Courte  receauved  bee. 
Thou  in  thy  father's  stead,  O  Bride  shalt  gaine 
Sonnes,  which  in  sundry  Prouinces  shall  raigne. 
Thee  Lord,  will  I  remember,  all  my  dayes, 
And  all  the  world  shall  giue  Thee  endlesse  praise. 

PSALM  XLVI. 
God  is  our  hope  and  strength,  which  neuer  failes ; 
Our  present  helpe,  when  mischeife  vs  assailes. 


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Though  the  earth  remoued,  and  the  mountaines  were 

Amid  the  Ocean  cast,  wee  would  not  feare. 

Though  raginge  seas  a  dreadfull  noise  doe  make, 

Thou[gh]  floodes  and  tempestes  [roaring,]  hills  doe  shake, 

There  is  a  streame,  which  though  it  bee  not  great, 

Makes  glad  God's  Cittie,  and  His  holy  seate. 

God  in  her  Center  dwells,  and  makes  His  place 

Unmoueable,  by  His  preuentinge  grace. 

They  were6  enrag'd  which  heathen  kingdomes  sway, 

But  when  God  spake,  the  Earth  did  melt  away. 

The  Lord  of  Hosts  assists  vs  with  His  power, 

And  Jacob's  God  to  vs  becomes  a  Tower. 

Come,  and  behould  what  workes  the  Lord  hath  wrought, 

And  Hee,  His  foes  hath  to  destruction  brought. 

In  all  the  world  Hee  warr  to  peace  doth  turne, 

The  bowe  and  speare  doe  breake  and  chariotts  burne ; 

Bee  quiet  then  and  still,  and  know  that  I 

Am  Lord  of  the  world  and  God  Most  High : 

The  Lord  of  Hosts  assists  vs  with  His  power, 

And  Jacob's  God  to  vs  becomes  a  Tower. 

PSALM  XLVII. 
Clap  hands  yee  people,  with  applause  rejoyce, 
Singe  to  the  Lord  with  loud  and  chearfull  voyce ; 

c  Miswritten  'warr.'     G. 


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His  throne  is  high,  His  judgement  breedeth  feare, 

On  all  the  earth  Hee  doth  the  Scepter  beare. 

Hee  makes  much  people  our  commaund  obey, 

And  many  Nations  at  our  feet  doth  lay ; 

And  hath  for  vs  an  heritage  in  store, 

Euen  Jacob's  portion  whom  Hee  lou'd  before. 

In  glorious  trihumph  God  is  mouuted  high, 

The  Lord  with  trumpet's  sound  ascends  the  skie. 

Singe,  singe,  vnto  our  God,  vnto  our  Kinge, 

All  praises  due,  euen  all  due  praises  singe. 

All  Kingdomes  of  the  earth  to  Him  belonge, 

Singe  wisely  then,  and  vnderstand  your  song. 

In  all  the  heathen  Hee  doth  raigne  alone, 

And  sitts  in  judgment  in  His  holy  throne. 

And  heathen  princes  which  were  seuerd  farr, 

To  Abraham's  faithfull  seed  now  joined  are. 

And  God,  Whose  highnes  doth  the  heauens  transcend, 

As  with  a  buckler  doth  the  earth  defend. 

PSALM  XLVIII. 
Great  is  the  Lord  and  highly  to  bee  praised, 
In  God's  owne  Cittie,  Syon  hill  is  rays'd ; 
The  beautie  and  the  joy  of  all  the  Land, 
The  great  king's  Cittie  on  the  North  doth  stand  ; 


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In  his  faire  Pallaces  God's  name  is  knowne, 

Where  Hee  doth  cherish  and  protect  His  owne. 

Though  manie  kings  against  her  gathred  bee, 

They  stand  astonisht  her  great  strength  to  see. 

As  when  a  woman  doth  in  trauell  fall, 

A  suddaine  feare  and  tremblinge  takes  them  all ; 

And  God  shall  breake  them  though  they  bee  combin'd, 

As  shipps  are  broken  with  an  Eastern e  winde. 

What  wee  haue  heard,  wee  see  Thou  dost  fullnll, 

Thou  God  of  Hosts  vphoulds't  Thy  Cittie  still : 

Amidst  Thy  Temple  Lord,  wee  doe  attend 

Till  Thou  to  vs  Thy  grace  and  fauour  send. 

Great  is  Thy  name,  O  God,  Thy  praise  noe  lesse, 

And  Thy  right  hand  is  full  of  righteousnes. 

Rejoyce  O  Sion,  and  your  joyes  renew, 

Daughters  of  Judah,7  for  His  judgements  true. 

About  the  walls  of  Sion  walke  yee  round, 

And  tell  the  towers  wherewith  that  forte  is  crownd  ; 

Obserue  her  bulwarks  and  her  turrets  high, 

And  tell  the  same  to  your  posterity. 

This  euer  liuinge  God  our  God  is  Hee, 

And  shall  our  Guide  while  we  haue  liuinge,  bee.8 

7  '  Judgement '  written  here  and  erased.     G. 

8  A  later  hand  substitutes  another  line,  'And  while  we  live,  our 
only  guide  shall  be.'     G. 


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PSALM     XLIX. 

Heare  this  yee  people,  all  yee  people  heare ; 
Listen  to9  mee  and  giue  attentiue  eare, 
All  yee  that  in  the  world  residinge  bee, 
Both  rich  and  poore,  of  high  and  low  degree  : 
My  mouth  shall  vtter,  and  my  heart  deuise, 
Matters  of  greatest  skill,  profound  and  wise. 
Mine  eares  to  parables  will  I  encline, 
And  singe  vnto  my  harpe,  of  things  deuine. 
Then  why  should  I  in  ill  times  fearfull  bee, 
When  mischeife  at  my  heeles  doth  follow  mee. 
Howbeit,  some  doe  in  their  riches  trust, 
And  glory  in  their  wealth,  which  is  but  dust ; 
Yet  non  from  death  his  brother's  life  can  stay, 
Nor  vnto  God  for  Him  a  ransome  pay. 
For  it  cost  more  the  soule  of  man  to  saue, 
Then  all  the  wealth  is  worth,  which  worldlyngs  haue. 
Xor  may  men  hope  to  Hue  on  earth  for  euer, 
Though  long  they  last,  ere  soule  and  body  seuer. 
That  fooles  and  wise  men  die  alike  they  flnde, 
And  vnto  strangers  leaue  their  wealth  behinde. 
Their  houses  yet  they  thinke  shall  euer  stand, 
They  giue  their  proper  names  vnto  their  land  ; 

9  '  Unto  '  written  and  the  'un'  erased.     G. 


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Yet  noe  man  can  in  honnour  euer  bee, 

But  as  the  brute  beast  dies,  euen  so  does  hee. 

This  is  their  follie,  this  their  stumblinge  wayes  ; 

And  yet  the  children  doe  their  fathers  praise. 

xThey  are  shut  vp  in  graues  as  sheepe  in  folde, 

And  hungry  Death  feeds  on  their  bodies  cold, 

The  just  shall  rule  them  when  the  sunne  doth  rise, 

With  them  their  pride  and  beauty  buried  lies  ; 

But  God  shall  from  Deathe's  power  my  soule  deliuer, 

When  Hee  shall  take  it  to  Himselfe  for  euer. 

Then  let  not  feare  and  enuy  thee  surprize, 

When  thou  seest  men  in  wealth  and  honnour  rise, 

For  to  their  graues  they  naught  away  shall  beare, 

Nor  shall  their  glory  waite  vpon  them  there ; 

Yet  they  themselues  thought  happie  all  their  dayes, 

For  him  who  helps  himselfe  others  will  praise: 

As  his  forefathers  all  are  gon  before, 

Soe  shall  hee  die  and  see  the  light  noe  more. 

Soe  man  on  honnour  little  doth  foresee, 

But  as  brute  beasts  doe  perish,  soe  dies  hee. 

PSALM  L. 
The  Lord,  the  God  of  Gods,  the  world  doth  call, 
Euen  from  the  sunn's  vprisinge  to  his  fall ; 

1  The  MS.  begins  here  with  '  and  ' :  but  is  struck  out.     G. 


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From  out  of  Sion  doth  the  Lord  appeare, 
And  shewes  the  brightnes  of  His  beauty  cleare. 
In  trihumph,  not  in  silence  come  shall  Hee, 
His  vsher  fire,  His  guard  a  storme  shall  bee. 
Hee  by  His  summons  heauen  and  earth  will  call, 
That  Hee  [may]2  judge  at  once  his  creatures  all. 
To  Mee,  saith  Hee,  let  all  My  saints  repaire, 
Which  worshipp  Mee  with  sacrifice  and  prayer ; 
God's  justice  shall  from  heauen  declared  bee, 
For  Who  is  judge  of  all  the  world  but  Hee  ? 
Harke  Israell  !  I  am  Thy  God,  giue  eare  ; 
I  will  against  thee  speake  and  witnes  beare. 
Not  for  the  dailie  taske  of  sacrifice, 
Or  that  burnt-offerings  shine  not  in  Mine  eyes  : 
I  want  them  not,  nor  will  I  take  at  all, 
Goat  from  thy  fould  or  bullocke  from  thy  stall ; 
All  beasts  are  Mine  within  the  forrest  wide, 
And  cattle  on  a  thousand  hills  beside ; 
I  knowe  all  fowles  which  in  the  aire  doe  fly, 
And  see  all  beasts  which  in  the  feild  doe  lye. 
If  I  were  hungrie  would  I  begg  of  thee, 
When  all  things  in  the  world  belong  to  Mee  ? 

2  I  have  filled  in  '  may  '  as  evidently  overlooked,  and  as  it  is  the 
word  of  the  prose  version:  a  later  hand  has  written  'will'  and 
another  '  for '  in  the  place  of  '  That.'     G. 


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Art  thou  0  man,  soe  simple  as  to  thinke 

That  bulls'  flesh  is  My  meat,  goats'  blood  My  drinke  ?  3 

■*•  *  ■*•  *  46 

/[\  /[*  rjy  rp  SI* 


PSALM  LXVIL 

Shew  us  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  and  grace  diuine  : 
Turne  Thy  bright  face  that  it  on  vs  may  shine, 
That  all  the  men  on  Earth  enlight'ned  so 
Theire  owne  saluation  and  Thy  wayes  may  know. 
O  let  Thy  people  praise  Thy  blessed  name, 
And  let  all  tongues  and  nations  doe  the  same  ; 
And  let  all  mortall  men  rejoyce  in  this, 
That  God['s]  their  judge,  and  iust  His  iudgment,  is. 

3  The  Manuscript  thus  far  is  in  one  handwriting  :  and  since  the 
prefatory  Note  to  these  Psalms  was  written,  I  have  discovered  among 
the  Harleian  MSS.  a  very  remarkable  document  by  Sir  John  Davies, 
viz.  his  "  Plea  spoken  at  the  Bar  of  the  House  of  Lords  "  on  "  the 
King's  power  to  impose  Ship-money,"  (126.  B  10 — 4266)  and  it  is 
identically  the  same  holograph  with  that  of  these  Fifty  Psalms,  pre- 
senting precisely  the  same  forms  and  contractions  throughout.  So 
that  the  Scribe  of  the  one  must  have  been  the  Scribe  of  the  other  :  no 
doubt  one  of  Sir  John's  Secretaries  or  '  men,'  as  he  himself  calls 
them.  I  shall  give  above  important  historical  Paper — which  never 
has  been  published,  or  even  referred  to,  so  far  as  I  am  aware — in  my 
edition  of  Davies'  Prose  Works.  Meanwhile  I  need  not  point  out  how 


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0  let  Thy  people  praise  Thy  blessed  name, 
And  let  all  tongues  and  nations  doe  the  same  : 
Then  shall  the  Earth  4  bringe  forth  a  rich  encrease, 
And  God  shall  blesse  vs  with  a  fruitfull  peace. 
Euen  God  shall  bless  vs  and 5  His  holy  feare, 
Possesse  the  harts  of  all  men  euery  where. 

PSALM  XCI. 

i     Who  vnder  the  Most  High  Himselfe  doth  hide, 
In  most  assured  safety  shall  abide. 

2  Thou  art,  O  Lord,  my  hope  and  my  defence, 
My  God,  in  Thee  is  all  my  confidence. 

3  Hee  shall  preserue  thee  from  the  hunter's  snare, 
And  from  the  pestilent  contagious  aier. 

valuable  is  this  additional  verification  of  the  Davies  authorship  of  our 
Manuscript — that  is  in  so  far  as  the  Psalms  up  to  L.  are  concerned. 

1  stand  in  doubt  of  his  authorship  of  the  remainder ;    but  see  our 
Memorial-Introduction  on  this. 

The  Psalms  that  follow  have  interposed  a  half-page  and  one  leaf, 
blank,  and  another  leaf,  filled  with  the  secular  Poems  that  succeed 
them :  but  it  was  deemed  better  to  place  all  the  Psalms  together. 
These  other  Psalms  have  the  same  orthography :  but  the  hand- 
writing is  different  and  plainer.  It  will  be  noticed  that  Psalm  L 
supra,  is  imperfect,  extending  only  to  v.  13.     G. 

4  '  Nations '  written  and  erased.     G. 

»  <  Wth  '  written  and  erased.     G. 


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4  His  winges  shall  both  protect  and  cherish  thee, 

5  His  faithfull  promise  shall  thy  buckler  bee. 
Noe  terror  of  the  night  shall  thee  dismay, 
Nor  Satan's  arrow  flyinge  in  the  day, 

6  Nor  mortall  plague,  which  in  the  darke  annoyes, 
Nor  that  ill  angell  which  at  none6  destroyes.7 

7  Thousands,  ten  thousands  shall  about  thee  fall, 
Yet  noe  such  ill  shall  thee  approach  at  all ; 

8  Yea  with  thine  eyes  thou  shalt  behould  and  see, 
The  iust  reward  of  such  as  impious  bee  ; 

9  Thou  art  my  hope,  I  will  on  Thee  rely, 
Thy  tower  of  safety,  Lord,  is  sett  soe  high. 

10  Noe  mischeefe,  noe  mischance  shall  thee  betide 
No  plague  come  near  the  place  where  Thou  shalt 

bide. 

1 1  The  Lord  His  angells  will  Thy  keepers  make, 

In  all  Thy  righteous  wayes  which  thou  shalte  take  ; 

1 2  They  in  their  hands  shall  thee  sustaine  and  stay 
That  Thou  shalt  neuer  stumble  in  thy  way. 

1 3  Uppon  the  basilisk  and  adder's  head, 
Dragon  and  lyon  thou  shalt  safely  tread. 

14  Thy  loue  to  Mee  shall  saue  thee  from  mischance, 
Thy  knowledge  of  My  name  shall  thee  aduance. 

6  Noon?     G.  7  Sic.  Qu :  =  departs?     G. 


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1 5  I  will  him  hear,  and  help  him  in  His  trouble ; 
I  will  protect  him  and  his  honour  duble. 
With  length  of  dayes,  hee  satisfied  shall  bee, 
And  hee  at  last  shall  My  saluation  see. 

PSALM  XCV.8 

Come  let  vs  hartily  reioyce  and  singe 

To  God  our  mightie  Sauiour,  and  our  Kinge ; 

Present  the  prayse  which  doth  to  Him  belonge, 

And  show  our  gladnes  in  a  cheerfull  songe  ; 

For  God  our  Lord,  the  greatest  God  is  Hee, 

And  Monarch  of  all  gods  that  worshipt  bee. 

The  Earth's  round  globe,  Hee  holdeth  in  His  hand 

And  th'  highest  mountaynes  are  at  His  command. 

The  sea  is  His,  Hee  hath  it  made  of  old, 

And  the  dry  land  His  blessed  hands  did  mould  : 

Come  let  vs  worship  then,  and  humble  fall 

Before  our  mightie  God  which  made  vs  all. 

Hee  is  our  Lord,  and  wee  His  people  bee ; 

Our  shepheard,  and  His  proper  sheep  are  wee. 

This  day  yf  you  His  holy  voice  will  heare, 

Let  not  your  hearts  bee  hardned  as  they  were, 

When  in  the  desert  you  His  wrath  did  moue, 

And  temptinge  Him  His  mightie  power  did  proue. 

6  Written  in  the  centre  of  the  page  XCV.     G. 


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Full  forty  yeeres  this  nation  greeud  mee  so, 
Their  erringe  harts  My  wayes  would  neuer  know ; 
Therefore  displeas'd  by  oath  I  did  protest 
They  neuer  should  possesse  my  Land  of  rest. 

PSALM  C. 

Bee  ioyfull  in  the  Lord,  yee  nations  all, 
Cheer  vp  your  harts  in  mirth,  and  songs  withall ; 
The  Lord  is  God,  not  wee  but  Hee  alone 
Hath  made  vs  all,  and  feeds  vs  euery  one. 
Then  enter  yee  His  gates  and  courts  with  prayse, 
And  striue  with  hart  and  voice  His  name  to  raise. 
For  why  ?  the  Lord  is  sweet,  His  mercy  rare, 
His  truth  for  euer  constant  shall  endure. 

PSALM  cm. 

My  soule  with  all  thy  powers  thy  Maker  praise  ; 

Forget  not  all  His  benefits  to  thee, 
Who  pardons  all  thy  sinnes,  and  doth  thee  rayse 

When  thou  art  fal'n  through  any  infirmitie  : 
Who  doth  thee  saue  from  mischeifs  that  would  kill  thee, 

And  crowneth  thee  with  mercies  euer  more. 
And  with  the  best  of  thinges  doth  feed  and  fill  thee, 

And  egle-like  thy  youth  and  strength  restore. 


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When  men  oppressed  doe  to  Him  appeale, 

Hee  righteth  euery  one  against  his  foe ; 
Hee  vnto  Moses  did  His  lawes  reueale, 

And  vnto  Jacob's  eare  His  workes  did  show. 
Hee  is  more  full  of  grace  then  wee  of  sinne  ; 

To  anger  slowe,  compassionate  and  kind ; 
Hee  doth  not  euer  chide,  and  never  linne,9 

Nor  keepes  displeasure  alwayes  in  His  minde, 
Nor  after  our  misdeedes  doth  Hee  vs  charge  ; 

Nor  takes  Hee  of  our  faults  a  strict  account, 
But  as  the  space  from  earth  to  heauen  is  large, 

So  farr  His  mercy  doth  our  sinnes  surmount. 
As  east  from  west  is  distant  farr  away, 

Soe  farr  doth  Hee  from  us  our  sinnes  remoue  : 
As  fathers,  kindnes  to  their  sonnes  bewray, 

Soe  God  to  them  that  feare  Him,  showes  His  loue. 
For  Hee  that  made  vs  and  knowes  all,  doth  know 

The  matter  whereof  man  was  made  of  old  ; 
That  wee  were  formed  heer  on  earth  below 

Of  dust  and  clay,  and  of  noe  better  mold. 
Man's  age  doth  wither  as  the  fadinge  grasse  ; 

He  flourisheth,  but  as  ye  flower  in  May, 
Which  when  the  South-wind  ouer  it  doth  passe 

Is  gone  ;  and  where  it  grew  no  man  can  say. 

9  =  cease.     G. 


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But  God's  sweet  kindnes 9  euer  doth  consist ; 

His  truth,  from  age  to  age,  continew  shall, 

To  them  that  in  His  righteous  lawes  persist, 

And  thinke  vppon  them  to  performe  them  all. 

Heauen  is  God's  seat ;  there  doth  His  glorie  dwell, 

But  ouer  all,  His  empire  doth  extend ; 

Praise  Him  yee  angells  which  in  strength  excell, 

And  His  command  doe  euermore  attend. 

Praise  Him  yee  hosts  of  heauen  which  seme  Him  there, 

Whose  seruice  with  His  pleasure  doth  accord ; 

And  praise  Him  all  His  creatures  euery  where ; 

And  thou  my  soule  for  thy  part,  praise  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CL. 
To  Him  with  trumpets  and  with  flutes, 
With  cornets,  clarions  and  with  lutes  ; 
With  harpes,  with  organs  and  with  shawmes, 
With  holy  anthems  and  with  psalmes ; 
With  voice  of  angells  and  of  men 
Sing!  Aleluyia!  Amen,  Amen. 

10  '  to  mankind  for'  written  here  and  erased  :  'doth  consist '  and 
its  corresponding  rhyme  two  lines  below,  '  persist,'  written  in  a  later 
hand.  Originally  the  former  line  read  '  But  God's  sweet  kindness  to 
mankind  for  euer,'  and  to  rhyme  with  this,  the  coreesponding  line 
ended  with  '  perseuer.'     G. 


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VOL.   II. 


211 


Miscellaneous  Poems. 

OF  FAITH  THE  FIRST  THEOLOGICALL 

VERTUE. 
"C*  AITH  is  a  sunbeame  of  th'  ^Eternall  light, 

That  in  man's  soule  infusd  by  grace  doth  shine  : 
Which  giues  her  dazled  eye  soe  cleare  a  sight 
As  evidently  sees  the  truith  divine ; 
This  beame  that  cleares  our  eyes,  inflames  our  hearts, 
And  Charitie's  kind  fire  doth  there  begett  : 
For  sunlike,  it  both  light  and  heate  imparts  : 
Faith  is  the  light,  and  Charitie  the  heate  : 
This  light  of  faith  the  noblest  wisdome  is, 
For  it  the  onley  truith  allowes  and  a'plyes  : 
The  virgin's  lamp,  that  lights  the  soule  to  blisse ; 
The  Jacob's  scales,1  whereby  shee  clymes  the  skyes  ; 
The  eye  that  sees,  the  hand  that  apprehends ; 
The  cause  of  causes,  and  the  end  of  ends. 

1  Scala  =  ladder.     G. 
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A  SONGE  OF  CONTENTION 

betweene  fowre  maids  concerninge  that  which 
addeth  most  perfection  to  that  sexe. 

The  first  for  Beauty. 
/^UR  fairest  Garland,  made  of  Beautye's  flowers, 

Doth  of  it  selfe  supply  all  other  dowers  : 
Women  excell  the  perfects'  men  in  this, 
And  therefore  herein  theire  perfection  is  : 
For  beautye  wee  the  glorious  heauens  admire  ; 
Faire  feilds,  faire  howses,  gold  and  pearle,  desire. 
Beautye  doth  alwayes  health  and  youth  imploy 
and  doth  delight  the  noblest  sense,  the  eye. 

The  second  for  Witte. 
Beautye  delights  the  soule,  but  witte  the  Reason  : 
Witte  lasts  an  age,  and  beautye  but  a  season  : 
The  sense  is  quickly  cloyd  with  beautye's  tast ; 
WThen  witt's  delight  still  quicke  and  fresh  doth  last : 
Beautye,  weake  eyes  with  her  illusion  blindes, 
Witte  conquers  spirits  and  triumphs  ouer  minds  : 
Deade  things  haue  beautye,  onely  man  hath  witte, 
and  man's  perfection  doth  consist  in  it. 


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The  third  for  Wealth. 
Wealth  is  a  power  that  passeth  nature  farre  : 
Makes  euery  goose  a  swanne,  and  sparke  a  starre  : 
Queene  money,  bringes  and  giues  with  royall  hands 
Freinds,  kindred,  honour,  husband,  house  and  lands  \ 
Not  a  faire  face,  but  fortune  faire,  I  craue, 

Lett  mee  want  witte  soe  I  fooles'  fortune  haue. 

The  fourth  for  Vertue. 
Yet  those  perfections  most  imperfect  bee, 
If  there  bee  wantinge  vertuous  modestye  ; 
Vertue's  aspect  would  haue  the  sweetest  grace 
If  wee  could  see  as  wee  conceaue  her  face  : 
Vertue  guids  witte,  with  well-affected  will, 
"Which  if  witte  want,  it  proues  a  dangerous  ill  : 
Vertue  games  wealth  with  her  good  gouerment, 
If  not,  sh'is  rich,  because  shee  is  content.2 


A  MAID'S  HYMXE  IX  PRAISE  OF 
VIRGINITY. 
O ACRED  virginity,  vnconquered  Queene  ! 

Whose  kingdome  never  hath  invaded  beene  ; 


The  preceding  are  in  a  third,  handwriting.     G, 


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Of  whose  sweete  rosy  crowne  noe  hand  hath  power 
Once  but  to  touch,  much  lesse  to  plucke  a  flower  : 

Gainst  whome  proud  Love — which  on  the  world  doth 

raigne. — 
With  armies  of  his  passions  fights  in  vaine  ; 
In  whome  gray  Winter  neuer  doth  appeare, 

To  whome  greene  Springtide  lasteth  all  the  yeare. 

O  fresh  immortall  baye.  vntroubled  well, 
Or  violett.  which  vntoucht  doest  sweetest  smell ; 
Faire  vine,  which  without  prop  3  doest  safely  stand. 
Pure  gold,  new  coynd,  which  neuer  past  a  hand. 

O  temperance,  in  the  supreame  degree 
And  hiyest  pitch  that  venue's  winges  can  flee  : 
O  more  then  humane  spirit,  of  Angells'  kind  : 
O  white,  unspotted  garment  of  the  mind, 

Wnich  first  cloathed  man,  before  hee  was  forlorne ; 
And  wherein  God  Himselfe  chose  to  bee  borne. 
Within  my  soule,  O  heavenly  vertue  rest, 

Untill  my  soule  with  heaven  it  selfe  bee  blest.4 

3  Miswritten  '  drop  '  in  MS .     G. 

4  At   bottom  of  this   page  in   the  MS.   '  Thomas   Bakewell '  is 
scribbled  twice.     G. 


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PART  OF  AN  ELEGIE  IN  PRAISE  OF 
.MARRIAGE. 
~\  T  THEX  the  first  man  from  Paradise  was  driven. 

Hee  did  from  thence  his  onely  comfort  beare  : 
Hee  still  enioyes  his  wife,  which  God  had  giuen, 
Though  hee  from  other  joyes  deuorced  were. 

This  cordiall  comfort  of  societye. 

This  trueloue  knott,  that  tyes  the  hean  and  will. 

"When  man  was  in  th'  extremest  unserve 

To  keepe  his  heart  from  breaking,  existed  still 5 

There  is  a  tale  then6  [when]  the  world  beganne. 
Both  sexes  in  one  body  did  remaine  : 
Till  Joue,  offended  with  that  double  man. 
Caused  Vulcan  to  diuide  him  into  twayne. 

In  this  diuision,  hee  the  hart  did  seuer, 
But  cunningly  hee  did  indent  the  heart, 
That  if  they  should  be  reunited  euer, 

Each  part  might  know  which  was  the  counterpart : 

s  Written  '  x'ested.  5   Miswritten  '  There  is  a  tale  then.'     G. 


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Since  when,  all  men  and  women  thinke  it  longe, 
Each  of  them  their  other  part  haue  mett : 
Sometimes  the[y]  meete  ye  right,  sometimes  ye  wrong. 
This  discontent,  and  that  doth  ioy  begett. 

It  ioye  begetts  in  there  indented  harts, 
When  like  indentures  they7  are  matcht  aright  : 
Each  part  to  other  mutuall  joy  imparts, 

And  thus  the  man  which  Vulcan  did  deuide, 

Is  nowe  againe  by  Hymen  made  entire, 
And  all  the  mine  is  raeedined ; 
Two  beeinge  made  one  by  their  diuine  desire. 
Sweete  marriage  is  the  honny  neuer  cloyinge  ; 

The  tune,  which  being  still  plaid,  doth  euer  please, 
The  pleasure  which  is  vertue's  in  inioyinge. 
It  is  the  band  of  peace  and  yoake  of  ease, 
It  is  a  yoake,  but  sweete  [and]  light  it  is ; 

The  fellowship  doth  take  away  the  trouble, 
For  euery  griefe  is  made  halfe  lesse  by  this, 
And  euery  ioy  is  by  reflection  double. 

It  is  a  band,  but  one  of  Love's  sweete  bands, 

7  Miswritten  '  ye.'     G.' 


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Such  as  hee  binds  the  world's  great  parts  withall : 
Whose  wonderous  frame  by  there  convention  stands, 
But  beinge  disbanded  would  to  ruine  fall.8 

[A  FRAGMENT  OF  A  LOVE  ELEGIE.] 
T)  UT  those  impressions  by  this  forme  are  staynde, 

and  blotted  out  as  if  they  had  not  beene  : 
And  yet  if  nothing  else  in  mynde  I  beare, 

makes  me  not  lesse  learn[e]d  then  before  : 
For  that  in  her  as  in  a  merrour  cleare, 
I  see  and  learne  far  better  things  and  more. 

The  students  of  the  world  and  Natur's  booke, 

Beauty  and  order  in  the  world  doe  noate  ; 

She  is  my  little  world ;  on  her  I  looke, 

and  doe  in  her  the  same  p'fections  quoate  : 
For  in  her  eyes  the  beames  of  beauty  shine, 

and  in  her  sweete  behaviour  and  her  grace, 
Order  apears,  and  comlines  divine, 

Befitting  every  tyme  and  every  place. 

3- 

Vnto  that  sparkling  wit,  that  spirit  of  fire, 

That  pointed  diomond  looke,  that  segle's  eye 

8  Two  preceding  are  apparently  in  the  same  handwriting  with 
those  before  them.     G. 


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Whose  lyghtning  makes  audacity  retire 

and  yet  drawes  on  respectiue  modesty, 
With  wings  of  feare  and  loue,  my  spirit  doth  fly 

and  doth  therein  a  flame  of  fire  resemble  ; 
Which,  when  it  burnes  most  bright  and  mounts  most 
high, 
then  doth  it  waver  most  and  most  doth  tremble. 
O  that  my  thoughts  were  words,  or  could  I  speake 
The  tongue  of  Angells,  to  expresse  my  mynde  : 
For  mortall  speach  is  far  too  faint  and  weeke 

to  utter  passion  of  so  high  a  kynde. 
You  have  a  beauty  of  such  life  and  light 
As  it  hath  power  all  wandring  eyes  to  stay : 
To  move  dombe  tongues  to  speake,  lame  hands  to 

write, 
Stayde  thoughts  to  run,  hard  harts  to  melt  a  way  : 
Yet  painters'  can  of  this  draw  every  line 

And  every  wittles  person  that  hath  eyes, 
Can  se[e]  and  judg  and  sweare  it  is  divine : 
For  in  these  outwarde  formes  all  fooles  are  wise. 
But  that  which  my  admireing  spirit  doth  veiw, 
I[n]  thought  whereof  it  would  for  ever  dwell, 
Eie  never  saw,  the  pensill  never  drew, 
Pen  neuer  coulde  describe,  tongue  never  tell  : 


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It  is  the  invisible  beauty  of  your  mynde, 
Your  cleare  immagination,  lively  witt, 
So  tund,  so  temp'rd,  of  such  heavenly  kind, 
As  all  mens  spirits  ar  charmd  and  rapt  with  it. 
This  life  within  begetts  your  lively  looke, 
As  fier  doth  make  all  metalls  looke  like  fier  ; 
Or  your  quicke  soule  by  choise  this  body  tooke, 
As  angells  wth  bright  formes  themselves  attire. 
O  that  my  brest  might  ope,  and  hart  might  cleave 
That  so  you  might  my  silent  wondring  veiw  : 
O  that  you  might  my  soreing  spirit  p'ceive, 
How  still  with  trembling  wings  it  waites  on  you. 
Then  should  you  se[e]  of  thoughts  an  endles  chaine, 
Whose  links  are9  vertues,  and  yor  vertues  bee  ; 
Then  should  you  see  how  your  faire  forme  doth  raigne 
Through  all  the  regions  of  my  fantesie. 

Then  should  you  fynde  that  I  was  yours  as  much 
As  ar  your  sharpe  conceits  borowd  of  none  ; 
Or  as  your  native  beautyes,  that  are  such 
As  all  the  world  wall  sweare  it  is  your  owne. 

4- 
As  they  that  worke  in  mines,  rich  vaines  beray, 
By  some  few  garaines 1  of  ore  whereon  the[y]  hit : 


9  Miswritten  'yr-'     G. 


1  Qu  :  Grains  ?    G. 


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And  as  one  letter  found  is  oft  a  kay 
To  many  lines  that  ar  in  cipher  writt ; 
So  I  by  your  few  loveing  lines  descry 
Of  your  long  hiden  love  the  golden  mine ; 
And  reade  therein  with  a  true  lover's  eye 
Of  the  hart's  volume,  every  secrett  line. 
But  what  availes  it  now,  alas  to  know 
That  once  a  blessed  man  I  might  haue  beene  ? 
Since  I  haue  lett,  by  lookeing  downe  too  low 
My  highest  fortunes  sore  away  vnseene  : 
And  yett  if  I  had  raisd  my  humble  eyes 
As  high  as  heauen  I  could  not  haue  discer[n]d 
Of  invisible  thoughts  which  in  your  hart  did  rise, 
Unles  of  you  I  had  my  lesson  learnd. 
But  all  was  darke  and  folden  vp  to  me ; 
As  soon  might  I  my  selfe,  my  selfe  haue  taught 
To  read  ye  blacke  records  of  destiny, 
As  read  the  ridles  of  the  silent  thought : 
But  whereto  may  I  best  resemble  this  ? 
Your  loue  was  like  the  springing  of  a  tree  : 
We  cannot  see  the  growing  when  it  is, 
But  that  it  hath  sprunge  up  and  growne,  we  see. 
Or  it  is  like  to  wealth  by  fairyes  brought, 
Which  they  bring  still  while  they  invisible  goe ; 


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But  all  doth  vanish  and  doth  turne  to  nought, 
If  once  a  man  enricht,  those  fairyes  know  : 
But  now  your  loue  (say  you)  is  dead  and  gone  : 
But  my  strong  faith  shall  giue  it  life  againe. 
By  strength  of  fancy  miricles  are  done, 
And  true  beleefe  doth  seldom  hope  in  vaine. 
Your  Phoenix  loue  is  vnto  ashes  turnd, 
But  now  the  fier  of  my  affection  true, 
Which  long  within  my  hart  hath  kyndly  burnd, 
Shall  spreade  such  heate  as  it  shall  Hue  anew. 
Or  if  the  fyer  of  your  celestiall  loue, 
Be  mounted  vp  to  heauen  and  cannot  dye  : 
Another  slye  Prometheus  will  I  prove, 
and  play  the  theife  to  steale  it  from  the  skye. 
When  you  vouchsaft  to  love  vnworthy  me, 
Your  loue  discended  like  a  shower  of  raine ; 
Which  on  the  earth,  euen  senceles  though  she  bee, 
when  once  it  falls,  returneth  not  againe. 
Then  why  should  you  withdraw  the  heauenly  dew 
Which  fell  sometymes  on  your  despairing  lover  ? 
Though  then  his  earthly  spirit  full  little  knew 
How  good  an  Angel  did  about  him  houer. 
O  you  the  glory  of  your  sex  and  race  ! 
You  that  all  tymes  and  places  hapie  make  ! 
You  that  in  beeing  vertuous  vertue  grace, 


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and  make  men  love  it  better  for  your  sake  : 
One  sunbeame  yet  of  favour  cast  on  mee, 
Let  one  kinde  thought  in  your  cleare  fancy  rise 
Loue  but  a  thought,  or  if  that  may  not  be 
Be  pleasd  that  I  may  love,  it  shall  suffise. 


TO  THE  Q:  [UEENE.] 
~\  17 HAT  Musicke  shall  we  make  to  you? 

To  whome  the  strings  of  all  men's  harts 
Make  musicke  of  ten  thousand  parts  : 
In  tune  and  measure  true, 
With  straines2  and  changes  new. 


How  shall  wee  fraime  a  harmony 
Worthie  your  eares,  whose  princely3  hands 
Keepe  harmony  in  sundry  lands  : 
Whose  people  divers  be, 
In  station  and  degree  ? 

Heauen's  tunes  may  onely  please, 
and  not  such  aires  as  theise. 


'  Miswritten  'strainest '  in  MS.     G. 
3  '  heavenly  '  written  and  erased.     G. 


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For  you  which  downe  from  heauen  are  sent 
Such  peace  vpon  the  earth  to  bring, 
Haue  h[e]ard  y*  quire  of  Angells  sing  : 

and  all  the  sphaeres  consent, 

like  a  sweete  instrument. 

How  then  should  theise  harsh  tunes  you 4  heare 
Created  of  ye  trubled  ayer, 
breed  but  distast — when  you  repaire — 
to  your  celestiall  eare  ? 
So  that  this  center  here 
for  you  no  musicke  fynds, 
but  harmony  of  mynds. 

[TO  FAIRE  LADYES.] 
ADYES  of  Founthill,5  I  am  come  to  seeke 
My  hart  amongst  you,  which  I  late  did  leese  ; 

4  Spelled  here  and  elsewhere  'yu.'  It  may  be  noted  here,  that 
throughout  these  Poems,  as  with  the  Psalms,  my  rule  has  been  to 
extend  mere  contraction-forms.  The  few  left  have  a  place  for  philo- 
logical ends.  A  kind  of  flourish  at  the  end  of  a  number  of  words,  I 
was  disposed  to  regard  as  intended  to  represent  '  s,'  but  instances 
occur  in  the  MS.  to  show  that  it  is  a  mere  ornamental  addition  :  and 
so  I  leave  it  unrepresented.     G. 

5  Founthill  or  Fonthill  in  Wilts.  See  Prefatory  Note  to  these 
hitherto  unpublished  MSS.     G. 


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but  many  harts  may  be  perhaps  alike : 
Therefore  of  mine,  the  proper  markes,  are  theise. 
It  is  not  hard,  though  true  as  Steele  it  be, 
And  like  y6  diomond,  cleare  from  any  spot ; 
Transmixt  with  many  darts  you  shall  it  se[e], 
but  all  by  vertue,  not  by  Cupid,  shot ; 
It  hath  no  wings,  because  it  needeth  none, 
Being  now  arived  and  settled  where  it  would  ; 
Winged  desires  and  hopes  from  it  gon  are, 
but  it  is  full  of  joyes  as  it  can  hold. 
Faine  would  I  And  it  where  it  doth  remaine, 
but  would  not  haue  it  though  I  might  againe. 


UPON  A  PAIRE  OF  GARTERS. 
(~*  O  loveinge  woode-bynde,  clip  with  louely  grace, 

those  two  sweet  plants  which  beare  ye  flowers  of  loue  ; 
Go  silken  vines,  those  tender  elmes  embrace, 
Which  flourish  still,  although  their  roots  doe  moue. 
As  soone  as  you  possess  your  blessed  places, 
You  are  advanced  and  ennobled  more 
Then  dyodemes,  which  were  white  silken  laces 
That  ancient  kings  about  there  forehead  wore  : 


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Sweete  bands,  take  heed  lest  you  vnge[n]tly  bynd, 
Or  with  your  stricktnes  make  too  deepe  a  print : 
Was  neuer  tree  had  such  a  tinder  rynd, 
Although  her  inward  hart  be  hard  as  flynt ; 
And  let  your  knots  be  fast,  and  loose  at  will, 
she  must  be  free,  though  I  stand  bounden  still 


[TO  HIS  LADY-LOVE.] 

T  N  this  sweete  booke,  ye  treasury  of  witt, 

All  virtues,  beautyes,  passions,  written  be  : 
And  with  such  life  they  are  sett  forth  in  it 
as  still  methinkes  y*  which  I  read  I  see. 
But  this  booke's  Mrs.  is  a  liveing  booke, 
Which  hath  indeed  those  vertues  in  her  mynde, 
And  in  whose  face  though  envey's  selfe  do  looke, 
Even  envye's  eye  shall  all  those  beautyes  fynd. 
Onely  y^  passions  y  are  printed  here, 
In  her  calme  thoughts  can  no  impression  make  : 
She  will  not  love,  nor  hate,  nor  hope,  nor  feare, 
Though  others  seeke  theise  passions  for  her  sake. 
So  in  ye  sonne,  some  say  there  is  no  heate 
though  his  reflecting  beames  doe  fire  begett. 


vol.  11. 


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[TOBACCO.]6 
TJ  OMER7  of  Moly  and  Nepenthe  singes  : 

Moly,  the  gods  most  soveraigne  hearbe  divine. 
Nepenth  Hellen's8  drink,  which  gladnes  brings, — 
Hart's  greife  repells,  and  doth  ye  witts  refine. 
But  this  our  age  another  world  hath  found, 
From  whence  an  hearbe  of  heavenly  power  is  brought : 
Moly  is  not  soe  soveraigne  for  a  wound 
Nor  hath  Nepenth[e]  so  great  wonders  wrought 
It  is  tobacco  :  whose  sweete  subtile  fume 
The  hellish  torment  of  ye  teeth  doth  ease, 
By  drawing  downe  and  drieing  up  ye  rume9 
The  mother  and  the  nurse  of  each  disease.1 

6  Cf.  Harleian  MS.  lines  '  Of  Tobacco '  in  Epigrams  pp.  32-35, 
ante.     G.  7  Miswritten  '  Honnour.'     G. 

3  Cf.  an  Epigram  '  Of  Tobacco,'  36.  The  first  edition  thereof  in 
its  reading  '  Hekens '  is  an  obvious  misprint,  probably  through 
Davies'  ill  writing.  The  reading  here  '  Nepen  ye  Hellens '  in  the 
MS.  is  a  scribe's  misreading  of  '  Nepen^/ie  Hellen's  ' — he  having 
taken  the  ending  '  the '  for  the  article.  Both  point  to  the  true  read- 
ing, 'Nepenthe  Helen's  drink.'  It  is  impossible  that  a  scholar  like 
Davies  could  have  supposed  '  Nepenthe  '  to  be  the  drink  of  the  gods, 
and  equally  impossible  that  he  could  have  thought  it  drink  of  the 
Hellenes.     G.  <J  Rheum.     G. 

1  The  handwriting  of  the  six  preceding  pieces  seems  to  be  the 
same.     G. 


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ELEGIES  OF  LOUE. 
T    IKE  as  the  diuers-fretchled2  Butter-Aye, 

When  Winter's  frost  is  fallne  upon  his  winge, 
Hath  onely  left  life's  possibility, 

and  lies  halfe  dead  untill  the  cherefull  Spring  : 

But  then  the  Sunne  from  his  all-quickning  eye, 
Darts  forth  a  sparkle  of  the  liuinge  fire  : 
Which3  with  kinde  heate,  doth  warme  the  frozen  flye 
and  with  newe  spirit  his  little  breast  inspire : 

Then  doth  hee  lightly  rise  and  spread  his  winges, 
And  with  the4  beames  that  gaue  him  life  doth  playe  : 
Tasts  euery  flower  that  on  th'  earthe's  bosoome  springs, 
and  is  in  busye  motion  all  the  day  : 

Soe  my  gaye  Muse,  which  did  my  heart  possesse, 
And  in  my  youthful  fantasie  doth  raigne  : 
Which  cleard  my  forehead  with  her  cheerefullnes 
and  gaue  a  liuely  warmth  unto  my  brayne  : 


2  =freckled?  G. 

3  Miswritten  '  with  which.'     G.  4  Miswritten  '  they.'     G. 


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With  sadder5  studye,  and  with  graue  conceite 
Which  late  my  Immagination  entertaynd  : 
Beganne  to  shrinke,  and  loose  her  actiue  heate, 
and  dead  as  in  a  laethargy  remaynd. 

Long  in  that  senseles  sleepe  congeald  shee  laye, 
Untill  euen  now  another  heauenly  eye, 
And  cleare  as  that  which  doth  begett  the  daye, 
and  of  a  like  reviuinge  simpathy  : 

Did  cast  into  my  eyes  a  subtile  beame, 
Which  peirieinge6  deepe,  into  my  fancy  went, 
And  did  awake  my  muse  out  of  her  dreame, 
and  unto  her  new  life  and  vertue  lent  : 

Soe  that  shee  now  begins  to  raise  her  eyes 
Which  yett  are  dazled  with  her  beautye's  raye  ; 
And  to  record  her  wonted  melodyes, 

Although  at  first  shee  bee  not  full  so  gaye. 


i  =more  serious.     See  Vol.  I.,  p.  160,  and  related  Note  in  Post- 
script.    G.  6  Sic  :   not  peircinge.     G. 


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THE  KINGES  WELCOME.7 
(~~\  NOWE  or  never  gentle  muse  be  gaye, 

And  mount  vp  higher  on  thy  paper  winges, 
Then  doth  the  larke  when  he  salutes  the  daye, 
And  to  the  morne  a  merrie  welcome  singes. 

Fly  swifter  then  the  egle  sent  by  art 

From  Noremberg,  to  the  Almaine  emperour : 

A  hand  lesse  cuning,  but  as  true  a  hart 

Sends  thee  to  a  prince  of  greater  worth  and  power. 

Rencounter  him  thowe  shalt  vpon  the  waye, 
like  Phebus  midst  of  all  his  golden  trayne ; 
And  knowe  him  too  thou  shalt  at  first  suruaye 
By  proper  notes  and  by  distinctions  plaine. 

By  his  faire  outward  formes  and  princely  port, 
by  honours  done  to  him  with  capp  and  knee  ; 
He  is  decyphred  by  the  vulgar  sorte, 
but  truer  caracters  will  rise  to  the[e]. 


7  From  the  autograph  MS.  in  All  Souls'  College,  Oxford,  MS. 
155.  W.  W.  11,  26,  fol.  72,  a  and  /;.  The  contractions  of  the  MS. 
have  been  expanded,  but  u  and  v  are  reproduced.     This  full  holo- 


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Thy  sight  had  once  an  influence  devine. 
which  gave  it  power  the  soule  of  man  to  viewe ; 
wipe  and  make  cleane  that  dazeled  eye  of  thine, 
and  thowe  shall  see  his  reall  markes  and  true. 

Looke  ouer  all  that  divers  troope,  and  finde 
whoe  hath  his  spirites  most  Jouiall  and  free, 
whose  bodie  is  best  tempred,  and  whose  minde 
Is  ever  best  in  tune,  and  that  is  hee. 

See  who  it  is  whose  actions  doe  bewraye 
that  threefold  power,  which  rarely  mixt  we  see ; 
A  iudgment  graue,  and  yet  a  fancie  gave, 
Joynd  with  a  ritch  remembrance,  that  is  hee. 

Marke  who  it  is,  that  hath  all  noble  skill, 
which  maye  to  publique  good  referred  bee ; 
the  quickest  witt,  and  best  affected  will, 
whence  flowes  a  streame  of  vertues,  that  is  hee 


graph  of  '  The  Kinge's  Welcome,'  while  it  supersedes  the  short  and 
imperfect  copy  from  Dr.  Laing's  MS. — as  first  printed  in  our  F.  W. 
L.  edition — confirms  the  authorship  thereof.  The  abbreviated  copy  is 
also  given  after  this  one,  as  it  is  expedient  to  reproduce  the  MS.  in 
its  integrity.     G. 


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If  any  more  then  other  clearely  wise 
or  wisely  iust  or  iustly  valiant  be ; 
If  any  doe  fainte  pleasures  more  despise, 
or  be  more  maister  of  himselfe,  'tis  hee 

But  soft,  thie  Egletes  eye  will  soone  be  dym 

If  thou  this  rising  sunne  directly  viewe ; 

looke  syde  waies  on  the  beames  that  spread  from  him  ; 

faire  peace,  rich  plentie,  and  religion  true 

Besides  a  guard  of  blessed  angells  houer 
about  his  sacred  person,  day  and  night ; 
and  with  invisible  winges  his  head  doe  cover, 
that  dangers  dartes  thereon  may  never  light 

when  by  these  proper  notes  thowe  shalt  him  ken, 
fly  towardes  him  with  winges  of  love  and  feare ; 
like  fire  which  most  doth  wane  and  tremble  then 
when  it  doth  mount  most  high  and  burne  most  cleare. 

Yet  on  ;  for  winged  time  with  the[e]  goes  on, 
which  like  old  ^E'son  hath  his  youth  renewd ; 
his  hower  glase  turned  and  his  sickle  gone, 
and  all  his  grave  and  broken  fethers  mewd. 


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On,  for  the  braue  yong  sonn  aboue  his  head 
Comes  Northward,  that  he  may  his  glorie  meete ; 
whilest  the  fresh  earth  in  all  her  pride  doth  spread 
greene  veluit  carpettes  vnderneath  his  feete. 

On,  for  thee  birds  will  help  to  fill  thie  songe, 
whereto  all  english  harte  stringes  doe  agree ; 
And  the  Irish  harpe  stringes,  that  did  iarre  soe  long 
to  make  the  musicke  full,  nowe  tuned  be. 

There  is  noe  eye  cast  downe,  there  is  noe  voice 
that  to  pronounce  the  harte  assent,  is  dombe ; 
the  world  of  thinges  doth  everie  where  reioyce, 
in  certaine  hope  of  blessed  times  to  come 

Thousandes  while  they  possesse  and  fill  the  waies 
doth  both  desire,  and  hinder  his  repaire ; 
they  fill  the  emptie  heaven  with  praier  and  praise, 
which  he  requites  with  demonstrations  faire. 

Then  what  hast  thowe  to  doe,  and  what  remaines  ? 
praie  as  the  people  doth,  and  add  but  this 
This  little  wish ;  that  whiles  he  lives  and  raignes, 
he  maye  be  still  the  same,  that  nowe  he  is. 

John  Dauis. 


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TO  THE  KINGE 

UPON    HIS    MA'TIES    FIRST   COMMING   INTO   ENGLAND. 

O  now  or  neuer,  gentle  Muse,  be  gaye  : 
And  mount  up  higher  with  thy  paper  winges," 
Than  doth  the  larke  when  hee  sallutes  the  daye, 
And  to  the  morne  a  merry  wellcome  singes, 

Thou  must  goe  meete  King  James,  upon  the  way 
Advanceing  Southward,  with  his  golden  trayne  ; 
And  know  him  too  thou  maist  at  first  survaye, 
by  proper  noates  and  by  distinctions  plaine. 

By  his  faire  outward  formes,  and  princely  port, 
By  honour  done  to  him  with  cap  and  knee, 
Hee  is  distinguist  to  the  vulgar  sort  : 
but  truer  characters  will  rise  to  thee. 


Thy  sight  had  once  an  influence  divine, 
Which  gaue  it  power  the  Soule  of  man  to  vew  : 
Wipe  and  make  cleare  that  dazled  eye  of  thine, 
and  thou  shalt  see  his  reall  markes  and  true. 


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Looke  over  all  that  divers  troope,  and  finde 
Who  hath  his  spirits  most  joviall  and  free  ; 
Whose  body  is  best  tempred,  and  whose  mind 
is  ever  best  in  tune ;  and  that  is  he. 

See  who  it  is,  whose  actions  doe  bewraye 
That  threefold  power,  which  rarely  mixt  wee  see  ; 
A  judgment  grave,  and  yett  a  fancy  gaye 
joynd  with  a  rich  remembrance,  That  is  hee. 

Marke  who  it  is,  that  hath  all  noble  skill, 
Which  may  to  publicke  good  referred  bee  : 
The  sharpest  witte  and  best  affected  will, 

whence  floes  a  streame  of  vertues,  That  is  hee. 

If  any  more  than  other  clearely  wise, 
Or  wisely  just,  or  justly  valiant  bee ; 
If  any  doe  faint  pleasure  more  dispise 
or  bee  more  maister  of  himselfe,  its  hee. 

But  soft,  thine  eagle's  eye  will  soone  bee  dim, 
If  thou  this  risinge  sonne  directly  vewe  : 
Looke  sidewayes  on  the  beames  that  spread  from  him,7 
Faire  peace,  with  Plenty,  and  Religion  true. 

8  Miswritten  *  them.'     G. 


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With  that  strong  g'ard  of  Angells  which  doe  houer 
About  his  sacred  person,  daye  and  night : 
And  with  invissible  winges  his  head  doe  cover, 
that  danger's  darts  thereon  may  neuer  light. 

Now  on,  for  winged  Time  with  thee  goes  on, 
Which  like  old  yEson  hath  his  youth  renewed, 
His  hower  glasse  turnd,  and  his  sickle  gon, 
and  all  his  grave  and  broken  feathers  mewd. 

On,  for  the  brave  young  sonne  above  his  head 
Comes  North  ward,  that  hee  may  his  glory  meete  ; 
While  the  fresh  Earth  in  all  her  pride  doth  spread, 
greene  velvett  carpetts  underneath  his  feete. 

On,  for  the  birdes  will  helpe  to  fill  the  songe, 
Whereto  all  English  hartstringes  will  agree  : 
An'  th'  Irish  harpstringes  that  have  jarrd  soe  longe, 
to  make  the  Musicke  full,  now  tuned  bee. 

There  is  noe  eye  cast  downe,  there  is  no  voyce 

Which  to  expresse  the  harts  assent,  is  dumbe  : 

The  world  of  thinges  doth  every  where  rejoyce 

In  certaine  hope  of  blessed  times  to  come. 


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While  thousands  doe  posses  and  fill  the  wayes, 
The[y]  both  desire  and  hinder  his  repaire  ; 
They  fill  the  emptie  aire  with  prayer  and  praise, 
which  hee  requitts  with  demonstrations  faire. 

TO  THE  QUEENE  AT  THE  SAME  TIME. 
T  F  wee  in  peace  had  not  received  the  kinge 

Wee  see  wee  had  beene  conquered,  since  wee  see 
The  Queene  such  armyes  doth  of  beauties  bringe 

As  all  our  eyes  and  hearts  her  vassals  bee. 

The  Danish  armyes  once  great  honnour  wonne 
Upon  this  Land  ;  yett  conquered  but  a  part. 
But  you  greate  Lady  more,  alone,  haue  done ; 
For  at  first  sight  you  conquer'd  every  heart. 

Starre  of  the  North  !  upon  these  Northerne  Realmes 
Long  may  your  vertues  and  your  beauties  raigne  : 
Beyond  our  Cinthiae's  yeares,  whose  golden  Beames 

Ar[e]  sett  with  vs,  and  cannot  shine  againe  : 
Well  may  it  bee ;  though  sunne  and  moone  goe  downe 

Seas  haue  noe  power  the  North  pole  starre  to  drowne.9 

9  The  allusion  is  to  the  storm  on  her  voyage  to  Scotland  in  1590. 
Cf.  Constable's  Sonnet  to  the  King  of  Scots.  See  our  Memorial- 
Introduction  on  these  Lines.     G. 


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MIRA  LOQUOR  SOL  OCCUBUIT  NOX  NULLA 

SECUTA  EST. 
73  Y  that  Eclipse  which  darkned  our  Appollo, 

Our  sunne  did  sett,  and  yett  noe  night  did  follow ; 
For  his  successor's  vertues  shone  soe  bright, 
As  they  continued  still,  there  former  light ;         \thcir\ 
And  gaue  the  world  a  farther  expectation 
To  adde  a  greater  splendor  to  our  Nation. 


CHARLES  HIS  WAINE. 
T)  RITTAINE  doth  vnder  those  bright  starres  remaine, 
Which  English  Shepheards,  Charles  his  waine,  doe 
name; 
But  more  this  He  is  Charles,  his  waine, 
Since  Charles  her  royall  wagoner  became. 
For  Charles,  which  now  in  Arthure's  seate  doth  raigne, 
Is  our  Arcturus,  and  doth  guide  the  waine. 


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OF  THE  NAME  OF  CHAROLUS,  BEING  THE 

DIMINATIVE  OF  CHARUS. 
HP  HE  name  of  Charles,  darlinge  signifies  : 

A  name  most  fitte,  for  hee  was  ever  such. 
Neuer  was  Prince  soe  deare  in  all  mens  eyes. 
Soe  highly  valued  or  esteemed  soe  much  : 
Edgar  was  England's  darlinge,  once  wee  find, 
But  Charles  the  Darlinge  is  of  all  mankind. 


VERSES  SENT  TO  THE  KINGE  WITH  FIGGES 

BY  &  JOHN  DAVIS. 
r  I  "'O  add  unto  the  first  man's  happiness, 

His  maker  did  for  him  a  garden  make  ; 
And  placd  him  there,  that  hee  the  same  might  dresse, 
And  pleasure  great  with  little  labour  take. 
And  this  with  nature  stands,  and  reason  right, 
That  man  who  first  was  formed  of  the  earth 
In  trimminge  of  the  earth  should  take  delight, 
And  her  adorne  from  whom  hee  tooke  his  birth. 
Nor  her  for  this  doth  hee  ungratefull  finde ; 
For  shee  in  gardens  her  best  fruites  doth  yealde. 


HITHERTO  UNPUBLISHED  POEMS.        239 


The  Earth  in  gardens  is  a  mother  kinde, 

When  shee  is  but  a  steepdame  in  the  feild. 

Sir,  in  your  service  God  hath  mee  soe  blest 

As  I  haue  beene  enabled  to  acquire 

A  garden,  ready  planted,  trimd  and  drest, 

Whereto  in  vacant  times  I  doe  retire. 

This  garden,  and  the  fruite  thereof,  indeede 

Are  fruites  of  your  great  favour  unto  mee  ; 

And  therefore  all  the  fruites  which  thence  proceed 

A  proper  offeringe  to  your  Highnes  bee : 
But  if  this  verse  or  boldness,  meritt  blame, 
Those  figge  leaues,  S^    I  hope  shall  hide  the  same.1 

[LOVE-LINES.] 
CTAY  lovely  boy  !  why  flyest  thou  mee 

that  languish  in  theis  flames  for  thee  P 
I 'me  black  'tis  true — why  so  is  night, 
yet  louers  in  darke  shades  delight : 
the  whole  World,  doe  but  close  thyne  eye 
will  appeare  as  black  as  I ; 
or  open'd,  view  but  what  a  shade 
is  by  thyne  owne  fayre  body  made, 

1  The  six  preceding  pieces  and  the  '  Elegiecall  Epistle '  are  in  the 
same  handwriting  with  the  'Maid's  hymne  in  praise  of  Virginity.'    G. 


240         HITHERTO  UNPUBLISHED  POEMS. 


that  follows  thee  where  ere  thou  goe 
Ah,  who  allowed  would  not  doe  so? 
lett  mee  for  euer  dwell  so  nigh, 
and  thou  shalt  need  no  shade  but  I. 


[LOVE-FLIGHT.] 
"D  LACK  Mayel,  complayne  not  y*  I  flye, 

since  fate  commaunds  antipathy  : 
prodigious  must  y*  vnion  proue, 
where  day  and  night  togeather  moue  : 
and  the  commotion  of  our  lipps 
not  kisses  make  but  an  eclipps  ; 
where  the  commixed  blacke  and  white 
portend  more  terrour  then  delight : 
yet  if  thou  wilt  my  shaddow  bee, 
enioy  thy  deerest  wish,  but  see 
that  like  my  shaddow's  property 
thou  hast  away  as  I  come  nye  : 
els[e]  stay  till  death  hath  blinded  mee 
then  I'le  bequeath  my  selfe  to  thee.2 


*  These  two  are  in  a  new  and  apparently  less-trained  handwrit- 
ing.    G. 


HITHERTO  UXPUBLISHED  POEMS.         241 


AN  ELEGIECALL  EPISTLE  OX  SIR  JOHN 
DAVIS  DEATH. 
TV  T  ORGAN  !  to  call  thee  sadd  and  discontente 

Were  to  proclaime  thee  weake ;  twere  an  evente 
Of  more  then  folly,  since  the  obscurest  eye 
Is  witness  of  thy  magnanimity  : 
And  yett  to  tell  thee  that  thou  hast  noe  cause 
To  greife,  were  to  belye  thy  worth,  because 
The  gapinge  wound  speakes  out  the  sovldiers  fame, 
And  deepe  despites  giue  fortitude  a  name. 
Tis  true  hee's  dead,  and  the  sterne  fates  (accurst) 
There  browes  haue  wrinkled,  and  haue  done  their 

worst 
To  spite  this  State  and  thee,  in  tearinge  hence 
That  Nature's  Accademy,  that  Starre,  from  whence 
Streamd  such  full  influence,  of  what  the  mind 
Accounteth  quintisentiall :  and  the  vnkinde 
And  cruell  Death,  hath  blasted  such  a  flower, 
Stolne  such  a  gemme,  as  makes  the  sad  Earth  poore. 
And  yett  alasse3  hee  is  not  fledd  for  want 
Of  what  could  make  the  ambitious,  proud  soule  vaunt  : 

3  This   use    of   '  alas  '    was    common    contemporaneously,   and 
especially  by  the  Puritan  divines.     G. 

VOL.  II.  R 


242         HITHERTO  UNPUBLISHED  POEMS. 

For  whilst  hee  liVd  hee  brocke  up  Honour's  gates, 

And  pluck't  bright  fame  from  snarling  Envie's  grates 

Doomd  to  obliuion ;  and  his  unmatched  penne 

(Drop'd  from  the  winge  of  some  bright  Seraphin) 

Inculpates  him  thus  to  all  eternitye 

The  eldest  of  the  Muses  proginie. 

Said  I  hee's  dead  ?  not  soe ;  he  could  not  die, 

But  findinge  that  curst  lucre,  bribery 

And  puft4  ambition  were  the  scarlett  crimes 

Of  the  Tribunall's  tenants,  and  the  times 

Not  suitinge  with  his  vertues,  cause  his  manner 

Was  to  deserue  and  not  desire,  an  honour ; 

Hee's  sor'd  aloft,  where  nought  but  virtue's  pris'd, 

And  where  base  Mammon  is  not  idoliz'd  : 

To  that  Kinge's  Bench  where  Iustice  is  not  gould, 

Nor  honours  with  old  Ladies  bought  and  sould ; 

To  heauen's  Exchequer,  with  intent  to  paye, 

And  render  thence  the  Royall  subsidaye 

Of  his  rich  spirit,  which  his  soueraigne  tooke 

Without  subscription,  and  crost  Nature's  booke. 

4  I  am  not  quite  certain  as  to  this  word.  It  may  be  '  pust ' : 
query  from  pus  =  poisonous  matter  ?  and  so  intended  to  character- 
ize ambition?     G. 


IX.     ENTERTAINMENT  OF 


QUEEN  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD  BY 


COUNTESSE  OF  DERBY. 


NOTE. 

This  *  Entertainment'  has  the  additional  interest  of  having 
been  that  wherein  "The  Lottery"  (pp.  87-95),  was  intro- 
duced. The  reasons  for  our  giving  the  whole  to  Davies,  we 
have  stated  in  the  Memorial- Introduction  (II.  Critical: 
Minor  Poems).  Our  text  is  from  Nichols'  Progresses  of  Q. 
Elizabeth,  Vol.  III.,  pp.  586-94.     G. 


245 


Entertainment  of  Q.  Elizabeth  at 
Harefield  by  Countesse  of  Derby. 

A  FTER  the  Queene  entered  (out  of  the  high  way) 
into  the  Deamesne  grounde  of  Harefielde,  near 
the  Dayrie  howse,  she  was  mett  with  2  persons,  the  one 
representing  a  Bayliffe,  the  other  a  Dayrie-Maide, 
with  the  Speech.  Her  Majesty,  being  on  horsebacke, 
stayed  under  a  tree  (because  it  rayned)  to  heare  it. 

B.  Why,  how  now,  Joane  !  are  you  heere  ?  Gods 
my  life,  what  make  you  heere,  gaddinge  and  gazinge 
after  this  manner  ?  You  come  to  buy  gape-seede,1  doe 
you  ?  Wherefore  come  you  abroade  now  I'  faith  can 
you  tell  ? 

Joa.     I  come  abroade  to  welcome  these  Strangers. 

B.  Strangers  ?  how  knew  you  there  would  come 
Strangers  ? 

1  A  pun  on  the  open  mouth  of  wonder  and  curiosity.     G. 


246 


Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD. 


yo.  All  this  night  I  could  not  sleepe,  dreaming  of 
greene  rushes ;  and  yesternight  the  chatting  of  the  pyes, 
and  the  chirkinge2  of  the  frisketts3  did  foretell  as  much ; 
and,  besides  that,  all  this  day  my  lefte  eare  glowed,4  and 
that  is  to  me  (let  them  all  say  what  they  wil)  allwaies  a 
signe  of  Strangers,  if  it  be  in  the  Summer ;  marye,  if  it 
be  in  the  Winter,  tis  a  signe  of  anger.  But  what  make 
you  in  this  company,  I  pray  you  ? 

B.  I  make  the  way  for  these  Strangers,  which  the 
Way-maker  himself  could  not  doe  ;  for  it  is  a  way  was 
never  passed  before.  Besides,  the  Mrs.  of  this  faire 
company,  though  she  know  the  way  to  all  men's  harts, 
yet  she  knowes  the  way  but  to  few  men's  howses,  ex- 
cept she  love  them  very  well,  I  can  tell  you  ;  and  there- 
fore I  myselfe,  without  any  comission,  have  taken  upon 
me  to  conduct  them  to  the  house. 

Jo.  The  house  ?  which  house  ?  doe  you  remember 
yourselfe  ?  which  way  goe  you  ? 

B.  I  goe  this  way,  on  the  right  hand.  Which  way 
should  I  goe  ? 

yo.  You  say  true,  and  you're  a  trim  man  j  but  V 
faith  I'll  talke  noe  more  to  you,  except  you  ware  wyser. 


5  Imitative  word,  as  the  '  chirr  '  of  the  grasshopper.     G. 

3  An  unrecorded  word.     G.       4  Folk-lore,  as  in  Herrick,  &c.    G. 


Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HARE  FIELD.  247 


I  pray  you  hartely,  'forsooth,  come  neare  the  house,  and 
take  a  simple  lodginge  with  vs  to-night ;  for  I  can  as- 
suere  you  that  yonder  house  that  he  talks  of  is  but  a 
Pigeon-house,  which  is  very  little  if  it  were  fmisht,  and 
yet  very  little  of  it  is  fmisht.  And  you  will  believe 
me,  vpon  my  life,  Lady,  I  saw  Carpenters  and  Brick- 
layers and  other  Workmen  about  it  within  less  than 
these  two  howers.  Besides,  I  doubt  my  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
are  not  at  home ;  or,  if  they  be,  you  must  make  your 
owne  provision ;  for  they  have  noe  provision  for  such 
Strangers.  You  should  seeme  to  be  Ladies  ;  and  we  in 
the  country  have  an  old  saying,  that  "  halfe  a  pease  a 
day  will  serve  a  Lady."  I  know  not  what  you  are, 
nether  am  I  acquainted  with  your  dyet;  but,  if  you 
will  goe  with  me,  you  shall  haue  cheare  for  a  Lady  :  for 
first  you  shall  haue  a  dayntie  sillibub ;  next  a  messe  of 
clowted  creame ;  stroakings,5  in  good  faith,  redd  cowes 
milk,  and  they  say  in  London  that's  restorative  :  you 
shall  have  greene  cheeses  and  creame.  (I'll  speake  a 
bould  word)  if  the  Queene  herself  (God  save  her  Grace) 
[were  here]  she  might  be  seene  to  eat  of  it.  Wee  will 
not  greatly  bragge  of  our  possets,  but  we  would  be 
loath  to  learne  to  praise  :    and  if  you  loue  frute,  for- 

5  =the  last  milk  drawn  from  a  cow  in  milking  :   same  as  strip- 
pings.     G. 


24S 


Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD. 


sooth,  wee  haue  jenitings,6  paremayns,7  russet  coatc 
pippines,  able-johns,9  and  perhaps  a  pareplum,10  a  dam- 
sone,  I   or  an  apricocke1  too,  but  that  they  are  noe 
dainties  this  yeare  :  and  therefore,  I  pray,  come  neare 
the  house,  and  wellcome  heartily,  doe  soe. 

B.  Goe  to,  gossip  ;  your  tongue  must  be  running. 
If  my  Mrs.  should  heare  of  this,  I'  faith  shee  would  give 
you  little  thankes  I  can  tell  you,  for  offeringe  to  draw 
so  faire  a  flight  from  her  Pigeon-house  (as  you  call  it) 
to  your  Dayrie-house. 

Jv.  Wisely,  wisely,  brother  Richard ;  F  faith  as  I 
would  vse  the  matter,  I  dare  say  shee  would  giue  me 
great  thankes  :  for  you  know  my  Mrs.  charged  me 
earnestly  to  retaine  all  idele  hearvest-folkes  that  past 
this  way :  and  my  meaning  was,  that,  if  I  could  hold 
them  all  this  night  and  to-morrow,  on  Monday  morn- 
ing to  cam-  them  into  the  fields ;  and  to  make  them 
earne  their  entertaynment  well  and  thriftily;  and  to 
that  end  I  have  heere  a  Rake  and  Forke,  to  deliver  to 
the  best  Huswife  in  all  this  company. 

B.     Doe  soe  then :  deliver  them  to  the  best  Hus- 

fi=  rennets — a  kind  of  apple  ?    G.  ~  =  another  kind  of  apple: 

see  Gerard's  Herbal,  p.  1459  (1636  edn.)  G.  s  A  species  of  apple 
like  '  rennets.'  G.  y=  apple-johns,  as  in  1,  Henry  IV.,  Hi.  3  :  2, 
Henry  IV.,  ii.  4  fbis).  G.  10  Query,  a  peach?  See  Gerard,  as 
before,  (p.  1447).  Perse-boom  is  given  as  the  Low-Dutch  name  of 
the  peach.     G.  l=  Apricot.     G. 


Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HARE  FIELD.  249 

wife  in  all  this  company :  for  wee  shall  haue  as  much 
vse  of  her  paines  and  patience  there  as  here.  As  for 
the  dainties  that  you  talke  of,  if  you  have  any  such,  you 
shall  doe  well  to  send  them ;  and  as  for  these  strangers, 
sett  thy  hart  at  rest,  Joane ;  they  will  not  rest  with 
[thee]  this  night,  but  will  passe  on  to  my  Mr[s.]  house. 

Joa.  Then,  I  pray,  take  this  Rake  and  Forke  with 
you ;  but  I  am  ashamed,  and  woe  at  my  hart,  you 
should  goe  away  soe  late.  And  I  pray  God  you  repent 
you  not,  and  wish  yourselves  here  againe,  when  you 
finde  you  haue  gone  further  and  fared  worsse. 

When  her  Maiestie  was  alighted  from  her  horse,  and 
ascended  3  steeps  neare  to  the  entering  into  the  house, 
a  carpet  and  chaire  there  sett  for  her;  Place  and  Time 
present  themselves,  and  vsed  this  Dialogue  : 

Place  in  a  partie-colored  roabe,  like  the  brick  house. 

Time  with  yeollow  haire,  and  i?i  a  green  roabe,  with  a 
hower  glasse,  stopped,  not  runninge. 

P.     Wellcome,  good  Time. 

T.     Godden,  my  little  pretie  priuat  Place. 

P.  Farewell,  godbwy  Time ;  are  you  not  gone  ?  doe 
you  stay  heere  ?  I  wonder  that  Time  should  stay  any 
where  ;  what's  the  cause  ? 

T.  If  thou  knewest  the  cause,  thou  wouldst  not 
wonder ;    for  I  stay  to  entertaine  the  Wonder  of  this 


250  Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD. 

time  j  wherein  I  would  pray  thee  to  ioyne  mee,  if  thou 
wert  not  too  little  for  her  greatnes ;  for  it  weare  as  great 
a  meracle  for  thee  to  receive  her,  as  to  see  the  Ocean 
shut  up  in  a  little  creeke,  or  the  circumference  shrinke 
vnto  the  pointe  of  the  center. 

P.  Too  little  !  by  that  reason  shee  should  rest  in 
noe  place,  for  no  place  is  great  ynough  to  receive  her. 
Too  little  !  I  haue  all  this  day  entertayned  the  Sunn, 
which,  you  knowe,  is  a  great  and  glorious  Guest ;  hee's 
but  euen  now  gone  downe  yonder  hill ;  and  now  he  is 
gone,  methinks,  if  Cinthia  her  selfe  would  come  in  his 
place,  the  place  that  contaynde  him  should  not  be  to 
little  to  receave  her. 

T.  You  say  true,  and  I  like  your  comparison ;  for 
the  Guest  that  wee  are  to  entertaine  doth  fill  all  places 
with  her  divine  vertues,  as  the  Sunn  fills  the  World  with 
the  light  of  his  beames.  But  say,  poore  Place,  in  what 
manner  didst  thou  entertaine  the  Sunn  ? 

P.  I  received  his  glory,  and  was  filPd  with  it :  but 
I  must  confesse,  not  according  to  the  proportion  of  his 
greatnes,  but  according  to  the  measure  of  my  capacitie ; 
his  bright  face  (methought)  was  all  day  turned  vpon 
mee ;  nevertheless  his  beames  in  infinite  abundance 
weere  disperst  and  spread  vpon  other  places. 

T.     Well,  well ;  this  is  noe  time  for  vs  to  entertaine' 


Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HARE  FIELD.  251 

one  another,  when  wee  should  ioine  to  entertaine  her. 
Our  entertaynment  of  this  Goddesse  will  be  much 
alike  ;  for  though  her  selfe  shall  eclipse  her  soe  much, 
as  to  suffer  her  brightnes  to  bee  shadowed  in  this  ob- 
scuere  and  narrow  Place,  yet  the  sunne  beames  that 
follow  her,  the  traine  I  meane  that  attends  vpon  her, 
must,  by  the  necessitie  of  this  Place,  be  deuided  from 
her.     Are  you  ready,  Place  ?    Time  is  ready. 

P.  Soe  it  should  seeme,  indeed,  you  are  so  gaye, 
fresh,  and  cheerfull.  You  are  the  present  Time,  are 
you  not  ?  then  what  neede  you  make  such  haste  ?  Let 
me  see,  your  wings  are  dipt,  and,  for  ought  I  see,  your 
hower-glasse  runnes  not. 

T.  My  wings  are  dipt  indeed,  and  it  is  her  hands 
hath  dipt  them  :  and,  tis  tine,  my  glasse  runnes  not : 
indeed  it  hath  bine  stopt  a  longe  time,  it  can  never 
rune  as  long  as  I  waite  upon  this  Mris.  I  [am]  her 
Time  ;  and  Time  weare  very  vngratefull,  if  it  should  not 
euer  stand  still,  to  seme  and  preserue,  cherish  and  de- 
light her,  that  is  the  glory  of  her  time,  and  makes  the 
Time  happy  wherein  she  liueth. 

P.  And  doth  not  she  make  Place  happy  as  well  as 
Time  ?  What  if  she  make  thee  a  contynewall  holy-day, 
she  makes  me  a  perpetuall  sanctuary.  Doth  not  the 
presence  of  a  Prince  make  a  Cottage  a  Court,  and  the 


2^2 


Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD. 


presence  of  the  Gods  make  euery  place  Heauen  ?  But, 
alas,  my  littlenes  is  not  capable  of  that  happines  that 
her  great  grace  would  impart  vnto  me  :  but,  weare  I  as 
large  as  there  harts  that  are  mine  Owners,  I  should  be 
the  fairest  Pallace  in  the  world  ;  and  weere  I  agreeable 
to  the  wishes  of  there  hartes,  I  should  in  some  measure 
resemble  her  sacred  selfe,  and  be  in  the  outward  frount 
exceeding  faire,  and  in  the  inward  furniture  exceeding 
rich. 

T.  In  good  time  do  you  remember  the  hearts  of 
your  Owners ;  for,  as  I  was  passing  to  this  place,  I 
found  this  Hart,2  which,  as  my  daughter  Truth  tould 
mee,  was  stolne  by  owne3  of  the  Nymphes  from  one 
of  the  seruants  of  this  Goddesse ;  but  her  guiltie  con- 
science enforming  her  that  it  did  belong  only  of  right 
vnto  her  that  is  Mrs.  of  all  harts  in  the  world,  she  cast 
[it]  from  her  for  this  time;  and  Oportunity,  finding  it 
delivered  it  vnto  me.  Heere,  Place,  take  it  thou,  and 
present  it  vnto  her  as  a  pledge  and  mirror  of  their  harts 
that  owe  thee. 

P.  It  is  a  mirror  indeed,  for  so  it  is  transparent.  It 
is  a  cleare  hart,  you  may  see  through  it.  It  hath  noe 
close  corners,  noe  darkenes,  noe  unbutifull  spott  in  it. 


*  A  Diamond. 


3  =  one.     G. 


Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD.  253 

I  will  therefore  presume  the  more  boldly  to  deliver  it ; 
with  this  assurance,  that  Time,  Place,  Persons,  and  all 
other  circumstances,  doe  concurre  altogether  in  bid- 
dinge  her  wellcome. 

The  humble  Petition  of  a  guiltlesse  Lady,  delivered  in 
writing  vpon  Munday  Morninge,  when  the  [robe]  of  rain- 
bow es  was  presented  to  the  Q.  by  the  La.  Walsingham. 

Beauties  rose,  and  vertues  booke, 
Angells  minde,  and  Angells  looke, 

To  all  Saints  and  Angells  deare, 
Clearest  Maiestie  on  earth, 
Heauen  did  smile  at  your  faire  birth, 

And  since,  your  daies  have  been  most  cleare. 

Only  poore  St.  Swythen  now 

Doth  heare  you  blame  his  cloudy  brow  : 

But  that  poore  St.  deuoutly  sweares, 
It  is  but  a  tradition  vaine 
That  his  much  weeping  causeth  raine, 

For  Sts  in  heauen  shedd  no  teares  : 

But  this  he  saith,  that  to  his  feast 
Commeth  Iris,  an  vnbidden  guest, 
In  her  moist  roabe  of  collers  gay  ; 


254  Q-  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD. 


And  she  cometh,  she  ever  staies, 
For  the  space  of  fortie  daies, 

And  more  or  lesse  raines  euery  day. 

But  the  good  St.,  when  once  he  knew, 
This  raine  was  like  to  fall  on  you, 

If  S15  could  weepe,  he  had  wept  as  much 
As  when  he  did  the  Lady  leade 
That  did  on  burning  iron  tread  : 

To  Ladies  his  respect  is  such. 

He  gently  first  bids  Iris  goe 
Unto  the  Antipodes  below, 

But  shee  for  that  more  sullen  grew. 
When  he  saw  that,  with  angry  looke, 
From  her  her  rayneie  roabes  he  tooke, 

Which  heere  he  doth  present  to  you. 

It  is  fitt  it  should  with  you  remaine, 
For  you  know  better  how  to  raine. 

Yet  if  it  raine  still  as  before, 
St  Swythen  praies  that  you  would  guesse, 
That  Iris  doth  more  robes  possesse, 

And  that  you  should  blame  him  no  more. 


Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD.  255 


At  her  Maiesties  departure  from  Harefield,  Place, 
attyred  in  black  mouringe  aparell,  vsed  this  farewell 
followinge  : 

P.  Sweet  Maiestie,  be  pleased  to  looke  vpon  a 
poore  Wydow,  mourning  before  your  Grace.  I  am  this 
Place,  which  at  your  comming  was  full  of  ioy  ;  but  now 
at  your  departure  am  as  full  of  sorrow.  I  was  then,  for 
my  comfort,  accompanied  with  the  present  cheerful 
Time  ;  but  now  he  is  to  depart  with  you  ;  and,  blessed 
as  he  is,  must  euer  fly  before  you  :  But,  alas  !  I  haue 
no  wings,  as  Time  hath.  My  heauiness  is  such,  that  I 
must  stand  still,  amazed  to  see  so  greate  happines  so 
sone  bereft  mee.  Oh,  that  I  could  remoue  with  you,  as 
other  circumstances  can  !  Time  can  goe  with  you, 
Persons  can  goe  with  you ;  they  can  moue  like  Heaven  ; 
but  I,  like  dull  Earth  (as  I  am  indeed)  must  stand  vn- 
mouable.  I  could  wish  my  selfe  like  the  inchanted 
Castle  of  Loue,  to  hould  you  heere  for  euer,  but  that 
your  vertues  would  dissolue  all  my  inchauntments. 
Then  what  remedy  ?  As  it  is  against  the  nature  of  an 
Angell  to  be  circumscribed  in  Place,  so  it  is  against  the 
nature  of  Place  to  haue  the  motion  of  an  Angell.  I 
must  stay  forsaken  and  desolate.  You  may  goe  with 
maiestie,  joy,  and  glory.  My  only  suyte,  before  you 
goe,  is  that  you   will  pardon  the  close  imprisonment 


256 


Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD. 


which  you  haue  suffred  euer  since  your  comminge,  im- 
putinge  it  not  to  mee,  but  St.  Swythen,  who  of  late  hath 
raysed  soe  many  stormes,  as  I  was  faine  to  prouide  this 
Anchor f  for  you,  when  I  did  vnderstand  you  would  put 
into  this  creeke.  But  now,  since  I  perceaue  this  har- 
bour is  too  little  for  you,  and  you  will  hoyse  sayle  and 
be  gone,  I  beseech  you  take  this  Anchor  with  you.  And 
I  pray  to  Him  that  made  both  Time  and  Place,  that,  in 
all  places  where  euer  you  shall  arriue,  you  may  anchor 
as  safly,  as  you  doe  and  euer  shall  doe  in  the  harts  of 
my  Owners. 

THE  COMPLAINT   OF   THE   V   SATYRES 
AGAINST   THE   NYMPHS. 

Tell  me,  O  Nymphes,  why  do  you 
Shune  vs  that  your  loues  pursue  ? 
What  doe  the  Satyres  notes  retaine 
That  should  merite  your  disdaine  ? 

On  our  browes  if  homes  doe  growe, 
Was  not  Bacchus  armed  soe  ? 
Yet  of  him  the  Candian  maid 
Held  no  scorne,  nor  was  affraid. 


4  A  Jewell. 


Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD.  257 


Say  our  colours  tawny  bee, 
Phoebus  was  not  faire  to  see ; 
Yet  faire  Clymen1  did  not  shunn 
To  bee  Mother  of  his  Sonne. 

If  our  beards  be  rough  and  long, 
Soe  had  Hercules  the  strong  : 
Yet  Deianier,2  with  many  a  kisse, 
Joyn'd  her  tender  lipps  to  his. 

If  our  bodies  hayry  bee, 
Mars  as  rugged  was  as  wee  : 
Yet  did  Ilia3  think  her  grac'd, 
For  to  be  by  Mars  imbrac'd. 

Say  our  feet  ill-fauored  are, 
Cripples  leggs  are  worse  by  farre  : 
Yet  faire  Venus,  during  life, 
Was  the  lymping  Vulcan's  wife. 

Breefly,  if  by  nature  we 
But  imperfect  creatures  be  ; 
Thinke  not  our  defects  so  much, 
Since  Celestial  Powers  be  such. 


1  Clymene.     G.  2  Deianeira,  daughter  of  Oeneus.    G. 

3  Mother  of  Romulus.     G. 


258  Q.  ELIZABETH  AT  HAREFIELD. 

But  you  Nymphes,  whose  veniall  loue 
Loue  of  gold  alone  doth  moue, 
Though  you  scorne  vs,  yet  for  gold 
Your  base  loue  is  bought  and  sold. 

finis. 


ERRATA. 

A  very  few  '  slips  '  have  met  my  eyes  on  a  final  reading.  They 
are — as  says  an  ancient  Divine — "  as  easily  corrected  as  espied." 
Nevertheless  they  are  here  recorded  that  the  Reader  of  his  charity 
may  put  them  right,  and  any  others  that  may  have  escaped  Editor 
and  Printer.  In  Nosce  Teipsum,  the  heading  and  head-line  (Vol.  I.,  pp. 
25,  26  onward)  has  '  Immortalitie  *  misprinted  '  Jmmortalite' — a  com- 
mon contemporary  spelling — but  it  is  '  tie '  in  the  title-page  (p.  5) : 
ib.  p.  80, 1. 15,  read  '  be  best.'  In  Hymnes  to  Astrcea,  ib.  p.  147,  1.  3, 
remove  period  (.)  after  'rayes.'  In  Orchestra,  ib.  p.  181,  st. 
53,  1.  7,  read  '  perfect-cunning  ' :  p.  185,  foot-note  7,  put  G.  at  end  : 
p.  192,  st.  81,  1.  7,  '  Ply'  =entwine  (omitted) :  p.  194,  foot-note  7, 
it  is  '  coach,'  not  '  couch  ' :  p.  202,  1.  10,  '  shoe  '  was  the  contempo- 
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With  Descriptive  Text  to  every  Plate,  giving  a  brief  outline  of  the  most  important 
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references  to  original  Authorities.  In  Three  Vols.,  royal  410,  half-morocco,  lull 
gilt  back  and  edges,  price  £7  -js. 

THE  ORIGINAL  HOGARTH. 

HOGARTH'S  WORKS.    Engraved  by  Himself.     153  fine  Plates, 

with   elaborate  Letterpress   Descriptions   by  John   Nichols.     Atlas  folio,  half- 
morocco  extra,  gilt  edges,  £7  \os. 

"  I  was  pleased  with  the  reply  of  a  gentleman  who,  being  "asked  which  book  he 
esteemed  most  in  his  library,  answered  '  Shakespeare  ' ;  being  asked  which  he  es- 
teemed next  best,  answered  '  Hogarth.'" — Charles  Lamb. 

HOLBEIN'S  PORTRAITS  OF  THE  COURT  OF  HENRY 
THE  EIGHTH.  A  Series  of  84  exquisitely  beautiful  Tinted  Plates,  engraved 
by  Bartolozzi,  Cooper,  and  others,  and  printed  on  Tinted  Paper,  in  imitation 
of  the  Original  Drawings  in  the  Royal  Collection  at  Windsor.  With  Historical 
Letterpress  by  Edmund  Lodge,  Norroy  King  of  Arms.  Imperial  4to,  half- 
morocco  extra,  gilt  edges,  £5  15J.  6d. 
"A  very  charming,  costly,  and  captivating  performance." — Dibdix. 

HOLBEIN'S  PORTRAITS  OF  THE  COURT  OF  HENRY  VIII. 

Chamberlaine's  Imitations  of  the  Original  Drawings,  mostly  engraved  by 
Bartolozzi.  London:  printed  by  W.  Bulmer  &  Co.,  Shakespeare  Printing 
Office,  1792.  92  splendid  Portraits  (including  8  additional  Plates),  elaborately 
tinted  in  Colours,  with  Descriptive  and  biographical  Notes,  by  Edmund  Lodge, 
Norroy  King  of  Arms.    Atlas  folio,  half-morocco,  gilt  edges,  ,£20. 

%*  The  graceful  and  delicate  colouring  preserves  all  the  effect  of  the  original 
highly-finiihed  drawings,  and  at  the  same  time  communicates  an  enchanting 
animation  to  the  features.  Not  more  than  ten  of  the  subjects  are  included  tn 
"  Lodge's  Portraits,"  and  still  fewer  are  to  be  found  in  any  other  collection. 

HOOD'S  (Thomas)  CHOICE  WORKS,  in  Prose  and  Verse. 
Including  the  Cream  of  the  Comic  Annuals.  With  Life  of  the  Author,  Portrait, 
and  over  Two  Hundred  original  Illustrations    Crown  8vo,  cloth  extra,  gilt,  js.  6d. 

"  Not  only  does  the  volume  include  the  better-known  poems  by  the  author,  but 
also  what  is  happily  described  as  '  the  cream  of  the  Comic  Annuals.'  Such  delicious 
things  as  '  Don  t  you  smell  Fire  ?  '  'The  Parish  Revolution,'  and  '  Huggins  and 
Duggins,'  will  never  want  readers." — Graphic. 

"The  volume,  which  contains  nearly  800  pages,  is  liberally  illustrated  with  facsimile 
cuts  of  Hood's  own  grotesque  sketches,  many  of  them  pictorial  puns,  which  always 
possess  a  freshness,  and  never  fail  to  raise  a  genuine  laugh.  We  have  here  some  of 
Hood's  earlier  attempts,  and  his  share  of  the  '  Odes  and  Addresses  to  Great  People.' 
Then  we  have  the  two  series  of  '  Whims  and  Oddities,'  which  ought  to  be  prescribed 
for  nervous  and  hypochondriacal  people :  for  surely  more  mirth  was  never  packed  into 
the  same  compass  before,  more  of  the  rollicking  abandonment  of  a  rich,  joyous 
humour,  or  more  of  the  true  geniality  of  nature  which  makes  fun  so  delightful  and 
leaves  no  after-taste  of  unkindness  in  the  mouth  'The  Plea  of  the  Midsummer 
Fairies'  will  be  found  here  in  unabridged  form,  together  with  '  Hero  and  Leander,' 
a  number  of  '  Minor  Poems,'  among  which  we  meet  with  some  very  pretty  fancies — 
the  well-known  '  Retrospective  Review,'  and  '  I  Remember,  I  Remember  — 
Hood's  contributions  to  the  Gem,  including  'The  Dream  of  Eugene  Aram,'  "The 
Cream  of  the  Comic  Annuals' — in  itself  a  fund  of  merriment  large  enough  to  dispel 
the  gloom  of  many  a  winter's  evening — and  the  'National  Tales.'  This  is  a  lair 
representative  selection  of  Hood's  works,  many  of  which  have  been  h  therto 
inaccessible  except  at  high  prices.  Most  of  the  best  known  of  his  comic  effusio  is — 
those  punning  ballads  in  which  he  has  never  been  approached — are  to  be  foun  I  in 
the  liberal  collection  Messrs.  Chatto  &  Windus  have  given  to  the  public." — Bir- 
mingham Daily  Mail. 


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HOOD'S  (Tom)  HUMOROUS  WORKS.  Edited,  with  a  Memoir, 
by  his  Sister,  Frances  Freeling  Broderip.  Crown  8vo,  cloth  extra,  with 
Humerous  Illustrations,  6s.  [In  the  press. 

HOOD'S  (Tom)  FROM  NOWHERE  TO  THE  NORTH 

POLE  :  A  Noah's  Arkaeological  Narrative.  By  Tom  Hood.  With  25  Illustra- 
tions by  W.  Brunton  and  E.  C.  Barnes.  Square  crown  8vo,  in  a  handsome  and 
specially-designed  binding,  gilt  edges,  6s. 

"  Poor  Tom  Hood  !  It  is  very  sad  to  turn  over  the  droll  pages  of  '  From  Nowhere 
to  the  North  Pole,'  and  to  think  that  he  will  never  make  the  young  people,  for 
whom,  like  his  famons  father,  he  ever  had  such  a  kind,  sympathetic  heart,  laugh  or 
cry  any  more.  This  is  a  birthday  story,  and  no  part  of  it  is  better  than  the  first 
chapter,  concerning  birthdays  in  general,  and  Frank's  birthday  in  particular.  The 
amusing  letterpress  is  profusely  interspersed  with  the  jingling  rhymes  which  children 
love  and  learn  so  easily.  Messrs.  Brunton  and  Barnes  do  full  justice  to  the  writer's 
meaning,  and  a  pleasanter  result  of  the  harmonious  co-operation  of  author  and  artist 
could  not  be  desired." — Times. 

HONE'S  SCRAP-BOOKS  :  The  Miscellaneous  Collections  of 
William  Hone,  Author  of  "  The  Table-Book,"  "  Every-Day  Book,"  and  "  Year- 
Book  "  :  being  a  Supplement  to  those  works.  With  Notes,  Portraits,  and  nume- 
rous Illustrations  of  curious  and  eccentric  objects.     Crown  8vo.      [J n preparation. 

"  He  has  deserved  well  of  the  naturalist,  the  antiquarian,  and  the  poet." 
HOOK'S     (THEODORE)     CHOICE      HUMOROUS  WORKS, 

including  his  Ludicrous  Adventures,  Bons-mots,  Puns,  and  Hoaxes.  With  a  new 
Life  of  the  Author,  Portraits,  Facsimiles,  and  Illust.  Crown  8vo,  cloth  extra,  gilt, 
js.  6d. 

"  His  name  will  be  preserved.  His  political  songs  and  jeux  d" esprit,  when  the 
hour  comes  for  collecting  them,  will  form  a  volume  of  sterling  and  lasting  attrac- 
tion ;  and  after  many  clever  romances  of  this  age  shall  have  sufficiently  occupied 
public  attention,  and  sunk,  like  hundreds  of  former  generations,  into  utter  oblivion, 
there  are  tales  in  his  collection  which  will  be  read  with  even  a  greater  interest 
than  they  commanded  in  their  novelty." — J.  G.  Lockhart. 

HOPE'S    COSTUME    OF    THE    ANCIENTS.      Illustrated    in 

upwards  of  320  Outline  Engravings,  containing  Representations  of  Egyptian, 
Greek,  and  Roman  Habits  and  Dresses.  A  New  Edition.  Two  Vols.,  royal  8vo, 
with  Coloured  Frontispieces,  cloth  extra,  £2  5s. 

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to  give  to  artists,  and  even  to  dramatic  performers  and  to  others  engaged  in  classical 
representations,  an  idea  of  ancient  costumes  sufficiently  ample  to  prevent  their 
offending  in  their  performances  by  gross  and  obvious  blunders." 

HORNE.  —ORION.    An  Epic  Poem,  in  Three  Books.    By  Richard 
Hengist  Horne.    With  Photographic  Portrait.    Tenth  Edition.     Crown  8vo, 
cloth  extra,  7s. 
"  Orion  will  be  admitted,  by  every  man  of  genius,  to  be  one  of  the  noblest,  if  not 

the  very  noblest  poetical  work  of  the  age.      Its  defects  are  trivial  and  conventional, 

its  beauties  intrinsic  and  supreme." — Edgar  Allan  Poe. 


TALIAN  MASTERS  (DRAWINGS  BY  THE)  :  Autotype 
Facsimiles  of  Original  Drawings.  With  Critical  and  Descriptive  Notes 
by  J.  Comyns  Carr.     Atlas  folio,  half-morocco,  gilt.       [/» preparation. 


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ARDINE'S  (Sir  Wm.)  NATURALIST'S  LIBRARY.     42 
vols.  fcap.  8vo,  illustrated  by  over  1200  Coloured  Plates,  with  numerous 
Portraits  and   Memoirs  of  eminent   Naturalists,  half  (imitation)  calf,  full 
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Birds;  9.  Pigeons;  10.  Parrots:  n  and  12.  Birds  of  West  Africa;  13.  Fly 
Catchers;  14.  Pheasants,  Peacocks,  &c.  ;  15.  Animals — Introduction;  16.  Lions 
and  Tigers ;  17.  British  Quadrupeds;  18  and  19.  Dogs;  20.  Horses;  21  and  22. 
Ruminating  Animals;  23.  Elephants,  &c.  ;  24.  Marsupialia ;  25.  Seals,  &c.  ;  26. 
Whales,  &c.  ;  27.  Monkeys;  28.  Insects — Introduction;  29.  British  Butterflies; 
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KINGSLEY'S    (Henry)     FIRESIDE    STUDIES.       Two  Vols. 

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Member — The  Master  of  the  "Mermaid" — The  Father  of  Irregular 
Drama — Fletcher  and  Beaumont — Sir  Philip  Sidney. 

KINGSLEY'S     (Henry)     NEW    NOVEL.  —  THE    GRANGE 
GARDEN.     Three  Vols,  crown  8vo,  31s.  6d.  [Nearly  ready. 

AMB'S    (Charles)    COMPLETE   WORKS,   in    Prose  and 

Verse,  reprinted  from  the  Original  Editions,  with  many  pieces  now  first 
included  in  any  Edition,  and  Notes  and  Introduction  by  R.  H.  Shepherd. 
With  Two  Portraits  and  facsimile  of  a  page  of  the  "  Essay  on  Roast  Pig." 
Crown  8vo.  cloth  extra,  gilt,  7s.  6d. 

"The  genius  of  Mr.  Lamb,  as  developed  in  his  various  writings,  takes  rank  with 
the  most  original  of  the  age.  As  a  critic  he  stands  jacile priticeps  in  the  subject  he 
handled.  Search  English  literature  through,  from  its  first  beginnings  until  now,  and 
you  will  find  none  like  him.  There  is  not  a  criticism  he  ever  wrote  that  does  not 
directly  tell  you  a  number  of  things  you  had  no  previous  notion  of.  In  criticism  he 
was  indeed,  in  all  senses  of  the  word,  a  discoverer — like  Vasco  Nunez  or  Magellan.  In 
that  very  domain  of  literature  with  which  you  fancied  yourself  most  variously  and 
closely  acquainted,  he  would  show  you  '  fresh  fields  and  pastures  new, 'and  these  the 
most  fruitful  and  delightful.  For  the  rickes  he  discovered  were  richer  that  they  had 
lain  so  deep— the  more  valuable  were  they,  when  found,  that  they  had  eluded  the 
search  of  ordinary  men.  As  an  essayist,  Charles  Lamb  will  be  remembered  in  years 
to  come  with  Rabelais  and  Montaigne,  with  Sir  Thomas  Browne,  with  Steele  and 
with  Addison.  He  unites  many  of  the  finest  characteristics  of  these  several  writers. 
He  has  wisdom  and  wit  of  the  highest  order,  exquisite  humour,  a  genuine  and  cordial 
vein  of  pleasantry,  and  the  most  heart-touching  pathos.  In  the  largest  acceptation 
of  the  word,  he  is  a  humanist." — John  Forster. 


1 8  BOOKS  PUBLISHED  BY 


LAMB  (Mary  and  Charles)  :  THEIR  POEMS,  LETTERS,  and 

REMAINS.  With  Reminiscences  and  Notes  by  \V.  Carew  Hazlitt.  With 
Hancock's  Portrait  of  the  Essayist,  Facsimiles  of  the  Title-pages  of  the  rare  First 
Editions  of  Lamb's  and  Coleridge's  Works,  and  numerous  illustrations.  Crown 
8vo,  cloth  extra,  ioj.  td. 

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"Very  many  passages  will   delight  those  fond  of  literary  trifles  ;    hardly  any 
portion  will  fail  in  interest  for  lovers  of  Charles  Lamb  and  his  sister." — Standard. 

LANDSEER'S  (Sir  Edwin)  ETCHINGS  OF  CARNIVOROUS 
ANIMALS.  Comprising  38  subjects,  chiefly  Early  Works,  etched  by  his  Brother 
Thomas  or  his  Father,  with  Letterpress  Descriptions.  Royal  4to,  cloth  extra, 
15s. 

LAMONT.— YACHTING  IN  THE  ARCTIC  SEAS  ;  or,  Notes 

of  Five  Voyages  of  Sport  and  Discovery  in  the  Neighbourhood  of  Spitzbergen 
and  Novaya  Zemlya.  By  James  Lamont,  F.G.S.,  F.R.G.S.  Author  of  "Seasons 
with  the  Sea- Horses."  Edited,  with  numerous  full-page  Illustrations,  by 
William  Livesay,  M.D.  Demy  8vo,  cloth  extra,  with  Maps  and  numerous 
Illustrations,  18s. 

"After  wading  through  numberless  volumes  of  icy  fiction,  concocted  narrative, 
and  spurious  biography  of  Arctic  voyagers,  it  is  pleasant  to  meet  with  a  real  and 

genuine  volume He  shows  much  tact  in  recounting  his  ad ven.uies,  and 

they  are  so  interspersed  with  anecdotes  and  information  as  to  make  them  anything 
but  wearisome     ....     The  book,  as  a  whole,  is  the  most  important  addition  made 
to  our  Arctic  literature  for  a  long  time." — Athenoeum. 
"  Full  of  entertainment  and  information." — Nature. 

"  Mr.  Lamont  has  taken  a  share  distinctively  his  own  in  the  work  of  Arctic  dis- 
covery, and  the  value  of  his  labours  as  an  '  amateur  explorer  '  is  to  be  attributed  to 
the  systematic  manner  in  which  he  pursued  his  investigations,  no  less  than  to  his 
scientific  qualifications  for  the  task  .  .  .  The  handsome  volume  is  full  of  valuable 
and  interesting  information  to  the  sportsrr.an  and  naturalist — it  would  be  difficult  to 
say  which  of  the  two  will  enjoy  it  most."—  Scotsman. 

LEE   (General  Robert)  :  HIS  LIFE  AND  CAMPAIGNS.     By 

his  Nephew,   Edward  Lee  Childe.     With  Steel-plate  Portrait  by  Jeens,  and 

a  Map.     Post  8vo,  gs. 

"  A  valuable  and  well-written  contribution  to  the  history  of  the  Civil  War  in  the 
United  States."— Saturday  Review. 

"  Asa  clear  and  compendious  survey  of  a  life  of  the  true  heroic  type,  Mr.Childe's 
volume  may  well  ke  commanded  to  the  English  reader." — Graphic. 

LIFE  IN  LONDON;  or,  The  Day  and  Night  Scenes  of  Jerry 
Hawthorn  and  Corinthian  Tom.  With  the  whole  of  Cruikshank's  very  Droll 
Illustrations,  in  Colours,  after  the  Originals.  Crown  8vo,  cloth  extra,  gilt, 
js.  6d. 

LINTON'S  (Mrs.  E.  Lynn)  JOSHUA  DAVIDSON,  Christian 
and  Communist.  Sixth  Edition,  with  a  New  Preface.  Small  cr.  w.i  8vo,  cloth 
extra,  4*.  td. 

"  In  a  short  and  vigorous  preface,  Mrs.  Linton  defends  her  notion  of  the  logical 
outcome  of  Cnristianity  as  embodied  in  this  attempt  to  conceive  how  Christ  would 
have  acted,  with  whom  He  would  have  fraternised,  and  who  would  have  declined  to 
receive  Him,  had  He  appeared  in  the  present  generation." — Examiner. 

LOST   BEAUTIES    OF   THE    ENGLISH   LANGUAGE.     An 

Appeal   to  Authors,    Poets,   Clergymen,    and    Public   Speakers.      By  Charles 
Mackay,  LL.D.     Crown  8vo,  cloth  extra,  6s.  6d. 


CHATTO  &  WINDUS,  PICCADILLY.  19 

LONDON.— WILKINSON'S    LONDINA    ILLUSTRATA;    or, 

Graphic  and  Historical  Illustrations  of  the  most  Interesting  and  Curious  Archi- 
tectural Monuments  of  the  City  and  Suburbs  of  London  and  Westminster  (now 
mostly  destroyed).  Two  Vols,  imperial  4to,  containing  207  Copperplate  En- 
gravings, with  historical  and  descriptive  Letterpress,  half-bound  morocco,  top 
edges  gilt,  £5  5*. 

%*  An  enumeration  of  a  few  of  the  Plates  will  give  some  idea  of  the  scope  of 
the  Work: — St.  Bartholomew's  Church,  Cloisters,  and  Priory,  in  1393  ;  St.  Michael's, 
Comhill,  in  1421  ;  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  and  Cross,  in  1616  and  1656;  St.  John's  of 
Jerusalem,  Clerkenwell,  1660;  Bunyan's  Meeting  House,  in  1687;  Guildhall,  in 
1517  ;  Cheapside  and  its  Cross,  in  1547,  1585,  and  1641  :  Cornhill,  in  1599  ;  Merchant 
Taylors'  Hall,  in  1599 ;  Shakespeare's  Globe  Theatre,  in  1612  and  1647;  Alleyne's 
Bear  Garden,  in  1614  and  1647  ;  Drury  Lane,  in  1792  and  1814  ;  Covent  Garden,  in 
1732,  1794,  and  1809  ;  Whitehall,  in  1638  and  1697  ;  York  House,  with  Inigo  Jones's 
Water  Gate,  circa  1626  ;  Somerset  House,  previous  to  its  alteration  by  Inigo  Jones, 
circa  1600:  St  James's  Palace,  1660;  Montagu  House  (now  the  British  Museum) 
before  1685,  and  in  1804. 

LONGFELLOW'S     PRO?E     WORKS,     Complete.       Including 

"Outre  Mer,"  "  Hyperion,"  "  Kavanagh,"  "The  Poets  and  Poetry  of  Europe," 
and  "  Driftwood."  With  Portrait  and  Illustrations  by  Valentine  Bromley. 
800  pages,  crown  8vo,  cloth  gilt,  7s.  6d. 

LONGFELLOW'S  POETICAL   WORKS.     With  numerous  fine 

Illustrations.     Crown  8vo,  cloth  extra,  gilt,  js.  6d. 

"Longfellow,  in  the  'Golden  Legend,'  has  entered  more  closely  into  the  temper 
of  the  Monk,  for  good  and  for  evil,  than  ever  yet  theological  writer  or  historian, 
though  they  may  have  given  their  life's  labour  to  the  analysis." — Ruskin. 

"  We  shall  only  say  that  he  is  the  most  popular  of  American  poets,  and  that  this 
popularity  may  safely  be  assumed  to  conrain  in  itself  the  elements  of  permanence, 
since  it  has  been  fairly  earned,  without  any  of  that  subservience  to  the  baser  tastes 
of  the  public  which  characterises  the  quack  of  letters.  His  are  laurels  honourably 
gained  and  gently  worn.  Without  comparing  him  with  others,  it  is  enough  if  we 
declare  our  conviction  that  he  has  composed  poems  which  will  live  as  long  as  the 
language  in  which  they  are  written." — James  Russell  Lowell. 


ACLISE'S  GALLERY  OF  ILLUSTRIOUS  LITERARY 
CHARACTERS.  (The  famous  Fraser  Portraits.)  With  Notes  by 
the  late  William  Maginn,  LL.D.  Edited,  with  copious  Additional 
Notes,  by  William  Bates,  B.  A.  The  volume  contains  83  Charac- 
teristic Portraits,  now  first  issued  in  a  complete  form.  Demy  4to,  cloth  gilt 
and  gilt  edges,  31$.  6d. 

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"  Deserves  a  place  on  every  drawing-room  table,  and  may  not  unfitly  be  removed 
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enough  to  have  made  this  an  interest  to  future  generations.  The  anonymous 
editor  has  done  the  best  that  he  could  to  compensate  for  the  lack  of  this.  He  has 
obtained  access  to  the  principal  works  thus  dispersed,  and  he  speaks,  not  only  of  the 
readiness  with  which  their  possessors  complied  with  his  request,  but  of  the  abundance 
of  the  material  spontaneously  proffered  to  him.  He  has  thus  been  able  to  re- 
produce in  facsimile  the  five  or  six  hundred  sketches  of  this  volume.  They  differ, 
of  course,  not  only  in  cleverness  but  in  finish  ;  but  they  unquestionably  establish 
Thackeray's  capability  of  becoming,  if  not  an  eminent  artist,  yet  a  great  caricaturist. 
A  grotesque  fancy,  an  artistic  touch,  and  a  power  of  reproducing  unmistakable  por- 
traits in  comic  exaggerations,  as  well  as  of  embodying  ludicrous  ideas  pictorially, 
make  the  book  very  amusing.  Still  more  valuable  is  the  descriptive,  biographical, 
and  anecdotal  letterpress,  which  gives  us  a  great  accumulation  of  biographical  infor- 
mation concerning  Thackeray's  works,  reading,  history,  and  habits.  Without  being 
a  formal  biography,  it  tells  us  scores  of  things  that  could  scarcely  have  come  into 
any  biography.  We  have  no  clue  to  the  sources  of  information  possessed  by  the 
editor.  Apparently  he  has  been  a  most  diligent  student  of  his  hero,  and  an  in- 
defatigable collector  of  scraps  of  information  concerning  his  entire  literary  career. 
We  can  testify  only  to  the  great  interest  of  the  book,  and  to  the  vast  amount  of  curious 
information  w  hich  it  contains.  We  regret  that  it  has  been  published  without  the 
sanction  of  his  family,  but  no  admirer  of  Thackeray  should  be  without  it.  It  is  an 
admirable  addendum,  not  only  to  his  collected  works,  but  also  to  any  memoir  of  him 
that  has  been,  or  that  is  likely  to  be,  written." — British  Quarterly  Review. 


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THORNBURY' S  (Walter)  HISTORICAL  AND  LEGENDARY 
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ever, we  like  his  Cavalier  songs;  there  is  nothing  of  the  kind  in  English  more 
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portion  of  Turner's  life,  or  who  m«y  have  seen  the  majority  of  the  pictures  he 
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reasonable  means.  Many  of  his  grandest  productions  are  in  this  series  of  engrav- 
ings, and  the  ablest  landscape  engravers  of  the  day  have  been  employed  011  the 
plates,  among  which  are  some  that,  we  feel  assured,  Turner  himself  would  have 
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beauty,  which  deserves  to  find  a  pl.ic-  m  the  library  of  every  man  of  taste.  The 
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nor,  indeed,  could  it  have  been  produced  but  for  the  ^lurious  legacy  bequeathed  to 
the  country.  During  his  lifetime  he  exercised  si  preme  control  over  his  works,  and 
would  allow  none  to  be  engraved  but  what  he  chose  ;  the  large  sums,  moreover, 
paid  to  him  for  'touching  the  pr<  ofs  which  he  considered  equivalent  to  what  he 
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getting  into  the  hands  of  any  hut  the  opulent. 

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time." — Art  Journal. 


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publishers  have  done  it  every  justice." — Academy. 

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naturally  be  mistaken  even  by  an  expert  in  verse  for  the  work  of  the  young  Shakspeare, 
than  any  to  be  gathered  elsewhere  in  the  fields  of  English  poetry." — Swinburne. 

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